Jessica's Friday Five: Smartphone trick, add this to your calendar, and Walmart mistake

Hi Reader,

It's been quite the week around here. We arrived home from an incredible trip to Paris, London, and Porto. This week, we have minimal childcare (what an...adventure...), and I led five virtual workshops for clients around the globe and as part of the Nonprofit Builder Wellbeing Festival (2 of which were held at midnight in my time zone!) while we slowly unpacked and put our lives back to equilibrium. I'm thrilled to look ahead to this weekend and see very little on my calendar. I plan to incorporate a nap or two + some excellent fiction reading + cooking with peaches from our backyard tree to reinvest in my peace. I hope you've had a great week! Let's get to your Friday Five, shall we?

1. (Mark your calendar) Summer Olympics Opening Ceremonies: The summer Olympics begin in a few weeks! We got to see Paris preparing for the games while we were there, and we are looking forward to watching the ceremonies being held on the river Seine, which will be at 1:30 pm ET on July 26th. I made you a way to easily add the event to your calendar by clicking here if it is helpful!
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2. Know any high-school kids? My friend and former teaching colleague Joey Serra is the best secondary math teacher I know. He now does virtual tutoring and when my kids are old enough I'm definitely sending them to him if they need math support. He just shared that he's doing a PSAT-prep course for students in Algebra, Geometry, and Algebra 2 (in separate groups) this fall - it will be awesome if you know someone who might benefit.
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3. iPhone White Noise: While we were camping in Porto, our best trick for getting good sleep as a family in our tent was using the built-in background sounds in the iPhone/iPad universe (no extra apps or playlists of white noise needed - too bad this didn't exist when my kids were babies!). It helped to block out various campground sounds. Here's how to set it up and turn it on/off. For sleep, I don't recommend the "rain" sounds - it has bird sounds, and that kept waking me up the night we chose that one. I liked the "dark noise" best.
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