Name: Kaitlyn Age-ish: 37 City: Providence, RI Day: Founder & owner of Easy Entertaining Inc catering  Night: Twin wrangler & executive organizer  Morning Ritual Most days I wake up around 5:30-6 to get my workout in,  an hour of pure barre all to myself. My twins wake up at 7 and it's off to a running start. Twin dad brings us 2 milks and coffee in bed. Breakfast for me is normally a smoothie or something with eggs.  Then, remote work while juggling two 16 month old tyrants.  Commute Ritual My commute to our commissary is about 8 minutes all filled with WGBH ..read more

Name: Taelor Age-ish: 27 City: Washington, D.C. Day: Realtor and Government Contractor Night: Cadence Candle Co. As a Black owned business, the recent social changes have increased sales, interest, and attention towards my brand.  In support of the movement, Taelor donated 15% of proceeds to ACLU in June. Morning Ritual I usually like to wake up at or around 7 am so that I have a few hours to mentally gather my thoughts and to-do's for the day. I'd love to say I give thanks and show gratitude right after rising (I'm working on this), but more often than not I'm opening my phone to check ..read more

Name: Michelle Age-ish: 33  City: San Francisco Day: I spend about half my time in a professional kitchen testing and developing recipes for the company that I work for (Off the Grid). I run their Research & Development department. I spend the other half working from home, mostly researching new cuisines or learning new techniques or innovations in my industry. Night: Food World Collaborations (Editor’s Note: Michelle just finished up a collaboration with Kosta Browne, one of her favorite wineries with excellent pinot noir). Morning Ritual All mornings start with coffee :) I love Phi ..read more

Name: Casey  Age-ish: 42 City: Sonoma Day: I am an executive chef of my 4th restaurant concept, Georgette and culinary business developer for our company, Sonoma's Best. Night: A chef has to hustle in many ways. Call it Instagram hustler :/ Dog Mom of 2, so I feel like I have to put the kids to bed, and try and do something I like such as read or watch a favorite show. Morning Ritual  I wake up around 7. Naturally. I read the news on my phone. After I have read as much as I can handle, I switch over to Twitter, see which foot the President has stuck in ..read more

Name: Sophie Age-ish: 24  City: New York  Day: I am a filmmaker/actor and am currently in the middle of finishing my first feature called ON OUR WAY. Due to the current state of the world, we have put a pause on production until it is safe to resume. In my downtime, I have been painting portraits of friends and strangers alike, via instagram, with a portion of proceeds going to several amazing charities. It has been a really special experience, having done about 60 portraits while in quarantine, to get an inside look into what people’s homes are like during this time.  Night: I ..read more

Name: Breanne Age-ish: 28 City: Vancouver Day: My day is strategic chaos with a blend of my full-time job, Real Estate, and my other full-time job, content creation. From client meetings, showings and open houses, and negotiating contracts to filming and editing YouTube videos, writing scripts, recording my Podcast, and squeezing in my new obsession with TikTok: my days are a constant juggle of “what hat am I currently wearing?” Night: None of what I do has a start or an end. In Real Estate, some of my busiest hours are nights and weekends working outside of the more traditional 9-5 structure ..read more

Name: Albertina Mwaikuka but everyone calls me Betty, Dada, or Dada Betty (Dada is a term of endearment in Swahili that translates to “sister”) Age-ish: Turned 30 Jan 2020 - I might need a repeat next year because this year so far mhmm! City: Arusha, Tanzania  Day: Social Worker  Night: Binge reading lots of fiction and DIY facials Morning Ritual Alarm goes off at 7:20am then I slowly wake up for the next 10 minutes. It’s a daily struggle since I need to have had my first cup of tea and be in the office by 8am. This process only gets harder when the rainy season start ..read more

Name: Stephanie or Steph Age-ish: 27 City: Miramar, FL (big suburb in the middle of Ft. Lauderdale & Miami) Day: Beach, rollerblading, Target shopping Night: Pediatric nurse Morning Ritual On mornings that I don’t work, I try to wake up early-ish. The first thing I always do is make my coffee! I cannot go about my day without coffee. After my coffee, I get in a workout, shower, and then decide what to do next. My mornings when I work are interesting. At 6:45 am, day shift comes in and I find the nurse to give my report to. Then I go home, – with the music loud and AC full blast ..read more

Name: Darlene  Age: 40. Sort of still can’t believe this because I’ve always been young at heart ☺ City: Los Angeles Day: Brand Marketing  Night: Food lover, workout enthusiast, beauty product hoarder   Morning Ritual Pre-COVID I had done a good job finally turning myself into a morning workout person, waking up most weekdays at 5:45-6am to workout by 6:30am (usually a couple days of treadmill + Netflix and another day at a HIIT class at a nearby gym), followed by a shower and getting ready for work.  My routine was fairly simple and not too time-consuming: 5 min for makeu ..read more

Name: Hannah (@hannah.n.h) Age: 21 City: Kansas City/Manhattan, KS Day: College Student majoring in Human Development and Family science  / Instacart Shopper Night: Candlemaker, Photographer, and avid Sims player (unashamedly)  Morning Ritual Sleep as much as possible, skincare, and go! (It’s short because I can't get myself out of bed, of course). Skincare is something I never skip, it's a self care essential for me (and everyone else) and I thoroughly enjoy it. Hair care, on the other hand, could use some work.  Commute Ritual Audiobooks! I am addicted to crime and mystery no ..read more