Rated, Reviewed, and Refilled: Our Favorite Office Snacks

By Braden Davis

At Olivia Management office, the workday runs on more than just calendars and coffee, it runs on snacks. Whether we’re deep in a flow state, prepping for an artist’s release, or bouncing between calls, there’s always something sweet or salty within arm’s reach to keep our energy up and ideas flowing. The office snack corner has become its own kind of ecosystem: a mix of reliables, random cravings, and the occasional wildcard that becomes everyone’s new obsession.

That love for trying new things doesn’t stop at the snack drawer. On our social channels, we’ve turned it into a recurring series where we test and rate new and peculiar treats that catch our eye at the grocery store. It’s part taste test, part team bonding, and part honest review (because not everything earns a 10/10). Now, we’re pulling back the curtain on what we actually keep stocked in the office, and the snacks that are fueling both our workdays and our content.

Our go-to snack lineup consists of the classics we know won’t let us down: Goldfish for something salty and nostalgic, Welch’s fruit snacks when we need a quick boost, Poppi sodas to keep things light and refreshing, Double Stuf Oreos for an afternoon sweet treat, and pretzels that somehow disappear faster than anything else in the room. But alongside those staples, we’re always mixing in something new for the sake of the series. Lately, that’s meant putting everything from the Hot Ones x Pringles collab (spicy, but enjoyable), to Ritz Toasted Chips (a unanimous thumbs up), dill pickle rice cakes (divisive, to say the least), and even wine-inspired gummies (surprisingly underwhelming) to the test. It’s the balance of familiar favorites and wild cards that keeps both our snack drawer and content interesting!

Olivia's Digital Tool Box: Featuring Airtable

By Jackie Minton

When trying to work in a disorganized space, I feel a bit like a fish out of water. Unsorted papers look like abandoned intentions taking up my desk and piano bench. Bring that disorganization into the kitchen and my anxiety can take root when it comes to simply looking for that matching Tupperware lid. If you’re anything like me, a clean workspace is a must. 

However, having a clean physical space isn’t the only key to peaceful and productive work these days. With working from home becoming the new normal, an organized area now includes the digital plane. Today, the Olivia team is going to share our secret weapon to making a few hours of elbow grease look like an incorporated production.

Photo by Robert Bye from Unslpash

Photo by Robert Bye from Unslpash

Meet our friend, airtable.com.
Whether you’re looking for a system to organize your personal passwords or a sophisticated way to track project deadlines, Airtable can help make your organizational dreams come true. The best part about this trusty tool is that a free account comes with unlimited data bases to dream, build, and track your information.

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Here are a few ideas of ways you can use this powerful tool to maximize your digital workflow!

Centralize Passwords

Get your personal information out of the notes on your phone and into a singular location you can reach from anywhere. Include links to your account’s website to have one place to click through. We use this to keep track of all of our artists’ info from PRO accounts to social media.

Log Contacts

Whether it’s from your last business lunch or the booking contacts for your upcoming show. Log contacts and tag them by company and event needs. 

Create a Business Calendar

Or 5! Airtable has a great ability to house different calendars with various sharing parameters, and the ability to overlap calendars in your personal view.  Make a calendar for your social media plan, your travel schedule, or your upcoming co-writes. 

Sort Your Work Spaces

No matter what business you are in, it’s likely that you have to wear a few different hats to make your job happen. In the music business, we know this best! Venue details, marketing operations, and even managing a blog ;) are all small parts of the big picture we paint every day we come into work.

What parts of your process need some digital additions to the cyber-office space you’re building? Don’t be afraid to dream big!

Photo by Nastuh Abootalebi from Unslplash

Photo by Nastuh Abootalebi from Unslplash

Disclaimer: Airtable did not approve nor pay us for this article, but they should have.