Category: Articles
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Space traveller
The incredibly friendly host of a guesthouse in Fuji saw me sketching one day, and asked if I can draw something on the huge blackboard in the house kitchen. He complimented on my drawing so many times before I even got started, that I was a bit worried I wouldn’t be able to live up…
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Lost in Tokyo
If you’re looking for me, I’m lost in Tokyo. I’m totally mesmerized by this city and all its neon lights, cute tiny plants in cute tiny backyards, and multiple layers of highways, pathways, and trains stacked on top of one another. I’m also surprised by how familiar it all seems. So many tiny details, from…
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Did you forget how to dream?
Ever spent the whole day on social media when you knew you should be working on something? I know it happened to me, more times than I would like to admit. Over the years I’ve tried hundreds of hacks, from gallons of coffee, to multiple alarm clocks set throughout the day, to buying myself something…
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Mr Birdy
This is the only photo I have of Mr Birdy. To his right is Bunny the Space Philosopher, my long-time friend and travel companion. He arrived in a subscription box of random cute stuff from Japan. I only learned that you can subscribe to random cute stuff from Japan because they had some problems with…
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Symphony
Imagine. Just imagine. Imagine you’ve been deaf all your life. Then after a few decades of living in a silent world, you receive an experimental hearing implant. The person who gave it to you insists you go to a symphonic concert together… The concert starts, and you’re immediately taken aback at the array of exotic…
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If my poor cactus could talk
I have a confession to make. I’ve made a cactus spend a few years in my kitchen cupboard. I don’t even remember how it happened at first. But every few months I would open that cupboard by accident, think “Holy shit, I totally forgot about the cactus!”, then immediately close it back. Just looking at…
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If this was my friend
If this was my friend asking for advice, I’d have no doubts what to do. I’d say how getting it 80% right is enough to take you where you want to go, and that there’s always so much more we could be doing at any given time, so it’s high time to stop getting upset…
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Happy birthday, Love
My husband is turning 34 today. He’s the most fascinating person that I’ve ever met. I’d never have thought someone could be so different than me, and yet have so much in common. We learn from each other every day, and neither of us wants to ever stop learning. Artur knows that life can be…
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Lessons in Empathy from Automattic Silent Disco
Silent Disco was among my highlights of this year’s Automattic Grand Meetup. I had a fantastic time dancing to the sets of our talented colleagues. Coincidentally, I was also among the people who couldn’t sleep that night because of the very same Silent Disco. My room was on the 7th floor of the 8-story dome stretching…
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In the future there will be no work-life balance. There will be only life.
Automattic is no ordinary company. We have no office, no dresscode, live in 60 different countries, and only meet in person a few times per year. No wonder that when we do meet in person, it looks less like a business conference and more like a family reunion, with the most supportive and friendly kind…
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