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On Anxiety and Depression: the voice

6 April 2017 by kristarella 2 Comments

I have a voice in my head that almost constantly tells me how unhappy I am. Ugh, I’m so unhappy. Oh my god, I’m so sad. Fuck, I’m so angry… It whispers to me anytime there is a quiet moment that it can be heard. Sometimes it tells me other things, like how much I […]

Filed Under: My life & thoughts Tagged With: anxiety, depression, mental health

A day in the life of a Happiness Engineer

21 February 2017 by kristarella Leave a Comment

There have been a number of day in the life posts that all provide a unique perspective on being a Happiness Engineer at Automattic. This week there are going to be even more! So what’s a Happiness Engineer (HE)? An HE is essentially a support person guru. You might also be wondering what Automattic is… it’s not […]

Filed Under: My life & thoughts, WordPress Tagged With: a8cday, dayinthelife, work

Gamifying Life

8 February 2017 by kristarella Leave a Comment

I’m not good at building new habits, especially good ones. My husband is amazing at building new habits, and I’m not sure how he does it… It seems like he decides to do something and he just does it, day after day, never forgetting, never making excuses. As a society we spend much on motivation, […]

Filed Under: My life & thoughts Tagged With: apps, goals, habits

Knotting things

2 February 2017 by kristarella Leave a Comment

I am really enjoying knots and learning to tie new knots! I even figured out a knot that I couldn’t find anyone having written about! It’s #785 in The Ashley Books of Knots. I posted how to tie it on knots.blog: Long Crown & Diamond Knot (ABoK #785)  

Filed Under: Blogging, My life & thoughts, Tutorials

Fixed my WordPress MySQL charsets

7 January 2017 by kristarella Leave a Comment

Nerd alert: I’m posting this in case anyone finds themselves with the same issue and needs a fix; if you don’t care about databases feel free to skip this one 🤓 For a recent post I wanted to use an emoji. I also wanted to use emojis in a post ages ago and wasn’t able to… […]

Filed Under: My life & thoughts, WordPress Tagged With: mysql

The 2017 plan

5 January 2017 by kristarella Leave a Comment

– I have part of a plan – What percentage of a plan do you have? – I dunno… Twelve percent? Guardians of the Galaxy So this isn’t much of a plan right now, but something made me not want to use the words resolutions or goals; resolutions just get broken, but I guess these are […]

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Today: Jesus vs Wild @ NCA Church April Kids Club Today: Jesus vs Wild @ NCA Church April Kids Club #ncachurch #holidaykidsclub Luke 19:10
Lego that moves 😄😍 #sydlug #brickfair #afol Lego that moves 😄😍 #sydlug #brickfair #afol
Squeezed in a visit to #sydlug #brickfair today. G Squeezed in a visit to #sydlug #brickfair today. Good fun.
Hogwarts was spectacular!
#lego #afol
Some more fave shots from LEGO City exhibit: Sydne Some more fave shots from LEGO City exhibit: Sydney, ye olde England, Japan, and us 🗼🙂
Birthday parts three, four, and five: lunch at the Birthday parts three, four, and five: lunch at the QVB, monthly bunny checkup + bonus selfies, dinner with Dave, Wayne, and Aki. I totally forgot to take photos at dinner, so I stole a photo from the net of something similar to our dessert. Good day 👍🏻❤️
Birthday part two: Observation deck of Sydney Towe Birthday part two: Observation deck of Sydney Tower Eye.
I don't think I had ever been up there before. Hyde Park looked particularly cool, as did St Mary's and St Andrew's. Thankful for the glorious weather! 😎
Birthday part one: LEGO cities exhibit 👌🏻❤ Birthday part one: LEGO cities exhibit 👌🏻❤️
Some snugly bunnies this evening. 🐰❤️🐰 Some snugly bunnies this evening. 🐰❤️🐰
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