Organizing Thursday: Portable Desk Organizer
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Finally, a desk organizer for those of us still working from home.
MoMA always has such well-designed and practical items, like this organizer. It has 12 pockets to keep all your office supplies handy. It folds up like an easel, so when you need a change of scenery, it moves easily from room to room. When the organizer is open, the spacious interior compartment fits larger items like headphones.
I could see using this if your office has moved to a hoteling or hot-desk setup, as well.
This organizer is $58.50 for MOMA members or $65 for non-members.
Sales of note for 4/24/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – 7,710 new markdowns for women!
- Ann Taylor – Friends of Ann Event: 30% off your entire purchase, including 100s of new arrivals
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 25% off
- Eloquii – Spring Clearance: Up to 75% off + extra 50-60% off sale
- J.Crew – Mid-Season Sale: Up to 60% off sale styles + up to 50% off summer-ready styles
- J.Crew Factory – Extra 50% off clearance + extra 15% off $100 + extra 20% off $125
- M.M.LaFleur – 3 pieces for $198. Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Friends & Family Event: 30% off entire purchase, includes markdowns
Ugh I just had my annual review and it was BRUTAL. My manager is new this year and we get along well on a personal level and he’s always been very positive about my work product. But he requests feedback from my internal customers, including the head of the organization, who has been extremely negative about me both this year and last (but was fine with me pre-Covid). I have a very individual role, basically my job is to produce X product for the organization that no one else is really involved in. Last year, the head of the org said I was not productive enough and I needed to be producing 2X per month. I *barely* missed it this past year, but if you exclude Nov-Jan when I had basically no childcare due to Covid quarantines, I was producing 2.7X per month, and for the last three months I’ve produced 3-4X every month (but still get criticized a ton for not getting Xs out the door fast enough). Is it fair to write a response to this review noting that I met the target when you exclude the childcare disruptions and have been way above the target recently? Also fwiw pre-Covid I did not produce 2X per month and no one cared, although I had a great manager back then who was probably insulating me from criticism from the head of the org.
Another issue is that they say I’m not proactive enough about creating projects, but I’m not sure how I can be when I have a waiting list of projects with dozens of items on it, and they’re mad at me for not finishing their projects fast enough. I don’t plan to say anything about that in the written review response (I did mention it to manager and he didn’t really have a great response) but I would love advice anyone has.
Any tips for seasonal allergies in kids? My daughter (6) has a bad week or so every spring and there doesn’t seem to be much I can do to help. She’s really resistant to taking any kind of medicine. I get them myself, and take all the Claritin.
Welp, over two years in we finally had our first close contact yesterday. DD can’t be vaccinated until later this summer so here goes a 5 day quarantine and I canceled our trip for this weekend (thankfully all refundable before last night’s deadline). She is also sick with a non-covid cold (we think; symptoms started within hours of her exposure which seems too soon to be Covid and her rapidtest was negative last night), so now I am worried about a potential dual infection. Now we’re all trying to mask around the house since I am immunocompromised and hoping and praying it is just a near miss (and thankful school will be over in a few weeks).
Hi All. I think I know the answer to this, but I thought I’d seek some hive wisdom. I’m in the midst of planning a family vacation in August (I’m behind, I know…it’s been a busy year). I haven’t planned a resort vacation since pre-Covid. It seems very expensive compared to previous vacations. It could be the timining or being a bit last minute. Previous vacations I have for comparison are an all-inclusive in Mexico and Disney. Can I assume this is right and travel is just costing more with everything costing more right now? I’m working with a travel agent (who is a cousin’s wife), and I just want to make sure that I’m not making bad decisions.
Unexpected WFH perk: when you’re leaving on vacation the next day and have finished all the stuff you have to do before you leave, you can take an unofficial day off. Of course I’m using it for extremely glamorous things like errands and laundry, but it’s still better than sitting in an office all day doing nothing.
What do you do when you are nervous about the outcome of a case? I am waiting for a decision to be issued in a matter where I provided counsel to one of the parties. My advice was such that in 9 out of 10 cases, it would have been the correct course of action, but we ended up in the 1 out of 10 cases. Litigation counsel completed oral argument last week, and now we are waiting on the judge to issue his decision. I feel like I’ve got a low level of anxiety constantly waiting for the judge to decide the matter, and it’s at the point where it’s impacting me in all areas of my life. I know it’s tied to this particular issue, so I’ve been hesitant to take any long-term steps, but I’m also miserable. Any suggestions? Or commiseration?
My newly minted 4 year old just told me I looked “totes adorbs.” While I feel like that’s a huge compliment, I think it’s time to stop letting her watch YouTube with her big sisters ;).
Any tried and true tips for teaching a young stubborn 4 year old to blow her nose? I found a you tube video about having them blow to move a tissue first with mouth and then with nose and then holding the tissue up to nose – so will be trying that. Any other advice?
Signed,
Sick of the snot noises and wiping on sleeve (who said only boys are gross ?)
How would you spend a staycation with a toddler as a solo parent? Planning on a daily park walk and maybe a more structured activity or two, but I have no idea what the week will actually feel like as this is my first time doing this.