Survival of the fittest: More people retraining and upskilling post-lockdown
2 May, 2021 01:00 AM
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Tertiary enrolments are on the rise post lockdown. Photo / Getty Images
Jimi Hunt graduated with a bachelor of management studies earlier this month - and it only took him 20 years to get there. Hunt used to travel the world as an ambassador and public speaker for mental health and wellbeing but border closures put a stop to that.
He has lived most of his life in Mexico and before the lockdown he used to split his time between there and Tauranga for work and study.
Agoraphobic artist turning life around post-lockdown with charcoal talent
25 Apr, 2021 01:03 AM
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Many incredible things have come out of lockdown for artist Dylan Keys.
At age 39, he s already been through alcoholism, suffered anxiety and chronic fatigue - throughout it all, using art as therapy because creativity made sense to his brain. Then in the lockdown I saw something I wanted to draw, and gave it a go with charcoal.
Dylan s charcoal drawings are so realistic that he s had to post videos on his social media channels to prove to followers that he s not posting photos.
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Many of us are looking forward to a summer of relative freedom, with road-mapped milestones that will grant us more opportunities to see our friends and family. But we’ll be carrying the effects of months of isolation into those meetings, including a sense that our social skills will need dusting off, and our wits will need sharpening.
The mental effects of lockdown have been profound. Social isolation has been shown to cause people’s mental health to deteriorate even if they have no history of previous psychological problems. Alongside this drop in mood, loneliness has been linked with a host of cognitive problems, including fatigue, stress and problems with concentration.
Noida: The city is all set to open doors to its largest co-working space a five-lakh sqft 10,000-seater facility at Sector 132 in what could be seen as one of the biggest such ventures planned in the post-lockdown period.
The facility is being set up by Incuspaze, which rented a space at Urbtech Trade Centre near Noida-Greater Noida Expressway in Sector 132.
Talking to TOI, Sanjay Chatrath, managing partner of Incuspaze, said “Things have changed a lot after the Covid-induced lockdown. It has changed the way people work. Several companies have conducted employee mapping and found out where most of their employees live. They have diversified their offices by branching out with the help of co-working spaces. Many of our clients just want us to customise their sections they had set up on their office floors. These firms want to provide employees flexibility and easy access to work areas. So, instead of employees having to travel so far to reach their work areas, offices are co
Review: Hotel DeBrett, Auckland
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The reception at Auckland s Hotel DeBrett is warm, artsy and inviting. Photo / Supplied
Juliette Sivertsen recommends a post-lockdown city staycation at this famous central Auckland hotel.
Location: Corner of High St and Shortland St, about a five-minute walk from the Britomart Train Station. Queen St is just a stone s throw away, and the area is abundant in high-end and boutique shopping and eateries.
Style: Boutique luxury
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First impressions: The Hotel DeBrett building was originally built in 1841, and despite two fires and two rebuilds, its iconic facade remains much the same. The foyer is cosy and intimate, with a grand wooden staircase leading up to the first and second floors. The custom-made striped carpet will be etched into your mind forever; it s a unique part of the decor throughout the hotel and the hotel branding, with its stripes of burgundy, black, blue and yellow.