Category: Mental Health
“Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it’s having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome. Vulnerability is not weakness; it’s our greatest measure of courage.” – Brené Brown
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After Almost 6 Years…
I’m leaving Automattic. The first question would always be: “Why?” — Especially, considering the recent ongoing drama in the WordPress community, it’s easy to think if I (finally) left because of misalignment with Matt and the company. I’d say, it’s more of a 50-50 situation. I have been staying away from the drama and only…
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Standing on top of a (really) jiggly jelly
This post was originally published and shared by me within my team’s channel (internal.) One thing about Automattic is, the company encourages you to write. Due to its nature as a distributed company where we have been doing remote working Before It Was Cool™?, asynchronous communication through writings is part of the company’s go-to method.…
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Mid-2022, perhaps
It was when Ari and I visited medical clinic for our tummy problem when I saw a sign on the clinic door. “Psychologists available.” Along with the name of the doctors. I might go take a visit. Perhaps after this month. I’m thinking July? August? I have so many things in my mind with so…
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Sleep
How do I write this down without incriminating myself, hmmm. So! Okay. I have been having trouble getting a good night sleep for the past… I don’t know, 2 years? It can be due to sudden itchiness on my legs (somehow I feel something crawling/bug on my legs? I know it sounds creepy, but trust…
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The Roost Time
I wrote about this on my work’s weekly update a couple of weeks ago, and I’m thinking I can blog about it here too. In Animal Crossing game, there is a character named Brewster, a green pigeon, who’s running a café titled “The Roost”. This character and the café were finally introduced to Animal Crossing:…
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Tackling emotional exhaustion
As… Risky as self-diagnosed is, sometimes you can notice some symptoms on yourself, or you have been feeling in a certain way about something, and social media helps you on recognizing such signs. I feel like I’ve been feeling emotionally exhausted. I have difficulties in waking up (and dreading the day,) small chores/tasks becoming a…
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Small Wins
Animal Crossing. Animal Crossing is my small wins. This game helped me get through when my son got hospitalized back in October 2020. Late night at the hospital, along with the beeping sound of IV machine (that usually goes, “beep beep BEEPBEEPBEEP BEEEEEEEEPPPPP” every 2 hours), midnight visits from the nurses (can somebody enlighten me…
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Refilling your cup
When my son was hospitalized, I was on my 4-week AFK at that time. In Automattic, we don’t have dedicated day offs, but we can always ask for day-offs/AFK (Away From Keyboard) whenever we need it. The company asked for at least 25 days of AFK per year, so you can ask for day offs…
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On Taking Care of Yourself While Taking Care of Others
During our Team Meetup in Hong Kong, we had several coworking sessions (we’re still assigned to work/do Support hours but for half-day/half of we’re usually scheduled on daily basis) and sharing sessions. The topics for sharing sessions can be anything. For some folks, it’s an opportunity to practice for Flash Talk (this is another thing;…