In an age where so many of us are practically living on video calls and getting into the streaming game, it pays to take whatever funds you would’ve put towards pants a year ago and spend it on a key light instead. That way your face will be softly and evenly lit rather than presenting it as some shadowy demon thing to your colleagues. (No offense, really; bad lighting comes for us all sooner or later.)

The one I’m linking in particular mounts solidly right onto your desk, so you don’t have to worry about it tipping over or shaking around. And, because it offers a solid disc of diffuse light — which you can use the rear knobs or their app to control the brightness and color of — you don’t have to worry about distracting ring reflections showing up in your eyes/glasses.

Get this LED light panel for $139 on Amazon.