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The past few months I've had the pleasure of editing The Uplift series for @guardian. It was uplifting to work w/ writers on stories about how they're buoying their spirits these days! Taking the next 3.5 months to work solely on my book, but wanted to pause + share the pieces:
. @LauraMLippman wrote about how the pandemic has given her back time to cook, work out, and watch movies. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/aug/24/how-the-pandemic-gave-me-my-time-back-laura-lippmann
. @sesmith wrote about sharing photos of peaches and "today's outside" and getting responses from people. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/sep/01/the-joy-that-can-still-be-found-in-outside-and-peaches
. @carolitajohnson wrote about the mask mandate liberating her from having to smile when she doesn't want to. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/aug/28/covid-unwanted-touching-smile-feminism-politeness
. @JulieKlam wrote about how everyone's plans getting canceled made a family gathering possible. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/sep/05/the-uplift-pandemic-silver-lining-family-gathering
. @MorganJerkins wrote about finding comfort in rewatching movies from her youth. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/sep/04/the-uplift-old-movies-escape-youth
. @fizapirani wrote about learning to swim and paint in quarantine. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/sep/08/why-i-finally-faced-my-fear-and-taught-myself-to-swim-during-the-pandemic
. @JenPastiloff wrote about calming her anxiety about making a living by helping others. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/sep/10/food-gofundme-coronavirus-on-being-human-2020
. @Vanessa_LaLoba wrote about gardening in the time of Covid, as a way to feed her family, and become closer with her mother. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/sep/11/gardening-brought-me-closer-to-my-mother
. @PennyRed wrote about finding community online while feeling isolated in the physical world. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/sep/10/lockdown-online-relationships-thriving-internet
. @maggiesmithpoet wrote about Covid reminding her to carpe diem, leading her to take up rollerskating and embark on a road trip. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/sep/11/pandemic-life-is-short-happiness
. @thisisjendoll wrote about how this time has allowed her to bond more with her dog, who has helped her stay calm and in the moment. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/sep/12/pandemic-dogs-pet-owner-anxiety-depression
. @chapmanchapman wrote about how reading Nabokov has provided solace in quarantine. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/sep/13/finding-solace-nabokov-speak-memory-pandemic
. @MindaHoney wrote her love for collaging being reignited during the pandemic. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/sep/30/collage-coronavirus-pandemic-hobby
. @SejalShahWrites wrote about all she's getting from Indian dance classes on Zoom, with a teacher she studied with as a child. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/oct/01/indian-dance-classes-zoom
. @reporterdriver wrote about how calming and centering it's been for her to be helpful to younger writers. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/oct/03/coronavirus-writers-life-harder-hopeful
. @mikeymusto wrote about the ways in which all that's been happening this year has made him a better person. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/oct/05/michael-musto-lockdown-new-york-make-lemonade-covid
. @TereseMarieM wrote about trying to find joy after a friend's passing as a way to help him rise up to the spirit world. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/oct/12/my-friend-left-this-world-and-i-learned-to-let-him-go
. @saraeckel wrote about her positive experience working a a Census enumerator. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/oct/16/i-became-a-us-census-worker-heres-what-i-learned
. @bookwalee wrote about how remote learning has taken the pressure off of her daughter to grow up too soon. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/oct/27/virtual-learning-freed-my-daughter-from-peer-pressure-act-feminine
. @JonnyDiamond wrote about the joy he's been deriving lately from naming trees. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/oct/15/the-uplift-trees-identify-names
. @IsaacFitzgerald wrote about taking up brisk walking during the pandemic. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/nov/06/covid-walking-20000-steps-a-day-changed-my-life
. @marthafrankel wrote about what a relief it is this year not to have to be the only one avoiding hugs during flu season. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/nov/12/covid-no-hugging-winter-martha-frankel
. @imjasondiamond wrote about staving off holiday loneliness by watching Thanksgiving episodes of classic sitcoms as he prepared a dinner for four. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/nov/25/holiday-loneliness-thanksgiving-episodes-sitcoms-friends-frasier
. @AlysiaAbbott wrote about drawing cartoons as a way to mentally escape during lockdown. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/dec/02/drawing-comics-helps-mentally-escape-lockdown
Huge thanks to all the writers who contributed to the series! Big thanks also to @daniellerenwick @janebspencer @kerryeustice for this wonderful opportunity, and @GuardianJessica for suggesting they reach out to me. I hope to work with you all again before too long. 
Readers, if you are in need of an emotional boost, I recommend checking these stories out! Working on them definitely helped me.
Editors who hire other editors: Think of me next spring! 
