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One year of happiness
This last week marked my first year anniversary as a Happiness Engineer with Automattic. Starting this role was a big shift for me professionally and required me to go back to being a beginner again. It’s been a scary and challenging experience in the best way possible, and to say I’m glad I did it…
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Opposites attract
I just finished reading Encounters with the Archdruid by John McPhee. Enjoyed it more that I thought I would. The premise isn’t all that exciting, like most McPhee books (his compendium about the geological history of North America won the Pulitzer prize!), but it was hard to put down. The portraits of the main characters…
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What I learned last week (#95)
Learned last week: Fake it till you make it, learning is like a tree, it’s not about you, and more!
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Double-down
Last week marked a year and three months since we’ve been in Scotland. It also marked the second birthday for our son Sam in Scotland, as well as living through a complete “cycle” of seasons in our new home now that we’re fully in autumn and summer is behind us. We’ve no longer just arrived.…
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The altruists survive
“Any tribe whose members were altruistic, who were always willing to come to the aid of one another, would be stronger than any tribe whose members were not altruistic.”
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What I learned last week (#94)
Learned last week: Posters that changed the world, what sled dogs can teach us, how hops became king, and more!
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Utterly (not) impressed
I’ve been thinking a lot about the state of things back home in the US. It increasingly feels like this is not a nation of laws, but something lower and uglier.
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Fall music rotation
I have always listed to a lot of music, and always have music playing while I work, cook and generally anytime I can put something on I will. Here is a selection of some of the music keeping me company during my favorite time of year.
Writing and drawings by Nick.
