Last week, executive leaders from Automattic’s Happiness team met in Frankfurt, Germany, to improve our leadership and decision-making skills. Automattic is the company I work with, and Happiness owns the support experience for Automattic’s customers. The purpose of the Frankfurt meetup was to help us recognize our potential as an organization and as leaders, to … Continue reading Responsibility is a privilege
The weather is amazing here. I sat outside under the dogwood yesterday to work, and I will again today. Birds fluttered on the branches around me, the tulips shone happy in the sun, and I smelled cut grass and the spicy warmth of tree bark mulch. The tree doesn’t have leaves yet, and it was … Continue reading My office today
I almost forgot to write today! One thing I love about my job is that I get to work with people from around the world. This morning, my team, which is spread across Europe and the Americas, joined a video call with a team spread across the Asia-Pacific region of the world. They were having … Continue reading Off routine
Today is our son’s last day of high school. His car is in the shop so we’re down a car, our daughter has an AP exam and swim practice that we need to get her to, and then she wants to go to Target afterward, and he has a haircut after school. A new mint … Continue reading Hectic
I have been going non-stop this week. Work got frantically busy with a bunch of stuff happening all at once, things are breaking or need updating all over our house, the kids have appointments, paperwork needs filled out, the swim team needs our volunteer time, and every waking minute has had something crammed into it. … Continue reading Respite
I leave Thursday morning for my annual Girls’ Weekend. Last week, I ended my workweek with a pile of stuff I wanted to get to but ran out of time for. Now I’ve got a three-day workweek with that pile of leftovers from last week, plus all the work of a new week, and there’s … Continue reading Cramming
Butterfly Mind 