#5SmartReads - May 25, 2021

Today’s regular guest contributor is Shibani Faehnle! Get to know her better with the questions below, and don’t forget to check out her blog and shop!

Q: First place you go, or first thing you will do, when we are post-covid?
A: I just got back from St. Maarten earlier this month! Post-vaxx life is so so good!

Q: First thing I do in the morning is
A: Check my email

Q; Go to movie when sick 
A: Notting Hill

‘How Do You Just Switch Right Away?’ Small Business Owners React To The Lifting Of Mask Regulations (CNN)

The recent change in CDC guidelines has small business owners scrambling with what to do next. My position is this: if you're vaccinated, do what makes you comfortable. If you want to wear a mask, go for it. If you don't, then don't, except where required by law. If you patronize a small business that asks you to wear a mask, please don't be an a*hole about it - if you don't want to wear one, go someplace else and please don't give the business owner/person working there a hard time…