\u201cIt\u2019s strange to think that I was worried about accidentally eating unpasteurized soft cheese a few months ago, and now I am writing my will and preparing for the worst case scenario (while hoping for the best, of course),\u201d Alexandra March \u201910 (CLAS) told us in April.<\/p>\n
With her first child due in June, the self-described \u201ctype A, planner, worrier\u201d is being forced to set aside her spreadsheets during a time that makes even type Cs consummate type As. \u201cAll this time I thought that the worst I would have to protect her from in the early days would be the common cold, and I would combat that by wiping off her tiny, ever-sticky hands, feeling like the most capable doctor in the nation\u2019s best hospital. Now I realize that not only can I not prepare for her birth in a pandemic, but it\u2019s also likely that a lot of her life will be beyond my protection. My spreadsheets will be useless. I\u2019m forced to accept that I can\u2019t plan for everything; I don\u2019t have any choice but to be agile \u2014 no one knows what the world will look like in three months,\u201d wrote March in The New York Times in April.<\/p>\n
March doesn\u2019t usually write for the Times \u2014 she works behind the bylines. As senior staff editor for the opinion section, she runs eight digital newsletters for the Times, including \u201cDebatable,\u201d with its opposing views on major topics. Her role encompasses a bit of everything for the opinion section\u2019s digital realm, from co-running its Instagram with a colleague to working on push notifications, LinkedIn, Flipboard, and Apple News.<\/p>\n