Hey guys, love your show. My name is Lauren from Pittsburgh, PA. I wanted to share a tip for all your listeners that are now working from home full time.

I never worked from home this often, so adjusting I'll admit has been very difficult. I was rolling out of bed, 5 timids, where I was to start,

saying my pajamas until 5, 6 p.m. just was feeling really down and not myself.

I'm personally someone I need to structure and routine, so I decided waking up at the same time every day that I normally would for work pre-COVID-19.

And since I now no longer have an hour commute, I instead use this time to work out and make a cup of tea.

I personally have found that this production time to myself just really sets the tone to feel productive throughout the entire day.

Hope this helps and thanks again for doing all this.

Hi, I'm Ari Shapiro, host of all things considered, and this is NPR's life kit.

Living in the new normal of the coronavirus pandemic can be a constant source of anxiety, but it's also created new opportunities for community and charitable giving.

Even as millions of Americans have lost their jobs in the past few weeks, nonprofits are seeing a huge wave of interest in giving back.

We've been so surprised at the generosity that people have had in helping us reach our goal.

We actually hit our goal of $50,000 a week earlier.

I think a lot of people feel obviously very bad asking for money right now, so what we have tried to do is help our team focus on getting small donations, whether that's $10 or $5.

All of that adds up pretty quickly, and you know, if people are able, they will donate.

That was Jasmine Guzman, who's been raising money for a charity that helps kids with cancer.

It's easy to feel discouraged and overwhelmed when so many people are struggling in all different ways, but there are ways to help financially and otherwise.

So in this special episode of life kit, we answer your questions about giving back from ideas on donating your stimulus check to Safeways to Volunteer.

Because so many of you are looking for ways to help right now, we've brought in Professor Una Ossale to answer your questions.

She's a professor of philanthropy and economics at Indiana University. Thanks for joining us, Professor.

Having me.

We've also got Corinne Cannon on the line with us. She is the founder and executive director of the Greater DC Dipper Bank. Thank you for being here.

I'm great to be talking with you.

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