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Happiness Engineer at Automattic, lover of knitting, crochet, sci-fi and more
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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)
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… […]
– 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 […]
