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Here’s a fun fact for you: since opening just two short years ago, Vibe has been staffed, not by employees, but by members who trade eight hours a week of their time for an unlimited membership to Kitsap’s most dynamic coworking community and shared workspace, thanks to the Vibe Host Program.
Marit Bockelie is all about community. The central DNA of her business, The Bremerton Letterpress Company, is all about connecting people through prin
For weeks now, I’ve been trying to put the experience of this last year into words, while also clearing my head enough to articulate clearly what I feel in my gut is coming up next. There’s a reason it’s been such a struggle: 2020 was unlike anything any of us had ever experienced.
Making your list and checking it twice? Even in this, the WEIRDEST of years, it is still the most wonderful time of year. It’s a time to count our blessings, send love to family and friends, and gift our time, talent and treasure to all those around us, in whatever ways we can.
Some people, as they say, light up a room. For others, the light is their backdrop; they simply glow. Vibe member and front desk host Leah Persinger? She’s an all out light show.
If there’s one thing this pandemic has pushed us all to do these last months, it’s adapt, adapt, adapt. We’re a coworking space, not a school. And yet, we feel the strain of schools being closed deep in our bones.
I am in a somewhat unique position. Despite being a 20-something year old undergraduate, my time at Washington State University is split between the roles of teacher and student.
There are a lot of really important public health conversations happening right now about HVAC systems, and the air that we breathe while we’re indoors, especially in public places.
So often at the moment we hear the phrase ‘these are unprecedented times’. But what does that mean, exactly?
This is a time of significant distress, and we’re being expected to deal with it without some of our favorite (and most effective) coping strategies. No socializing! No going out to eat or grabbing drinks with friends! Shopping? Not at Nike or the Apple Store. Your gym closed. Your spa appointment got canceled. Your favorite sporting events are no longer happening. The world is upside down!
COVID19 has officially thrown all of our worlds off-kilter. Whether you’ve got kids at home for the foreseeable future, whether your income has been affected, or whether you’re unable to get basic supplies you need (ahem, toilet paper), we’re all facing a new normal and feeling its impacts. As we ride out the news cycle and shift towards accepting this new normal, how can we cope in the days, weeks and maybe even months ahead?