April 2019 — 201 tweets
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Thanks!
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Okay this is a great list. I have to get his thoughts on LEGO.
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Okay that’s good to know. Thank you!!
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Aww I like that.
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Oh I’ll look thanks!! Why do you need to get a penny?
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Aha you know what I bet he would like flowers!!
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Yes!
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Thanks!!
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Well I think the UK government has been pretty clear. The only thing worse than the EU is... every way to leave it 🤔🇬🇧🔥
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Partnership 🇮🇸🇺🇸 https://photo.cate.blog/2019/04/partnership-%f0%9f%87%ae%f0%9f%87%b8%f0%9f%87%ba%f0%9f%87%b8/…
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These things are all so large :/ I’m not sure if he likes whisky. P sure it’s a no on cooking. But thank you 🖤
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A thank you :)
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😂
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😂
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Oh nice :) I’ll look into that. Thank you!
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He does like tea!!
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Hahaha I will mail a few to a friend and bonus you can meet her! She’s new to town and needs some friends.
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Waterfall 🇮🇸 https://photo.cate.blog/2019/04/waterfall-%f0%9f%87%ae%f0%9f%87%b8/…
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Amazing
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🥰
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Hahaha dm me an address
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“Swedish is the happiest language, it sounds like you’re singing about how happy you are. You can’t threaten anyone in Swedish.” ~Icelandic tour guide
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🖤🖤🖤
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What was it? I would love to read if you’re open to / can share.
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Look at what in my life is draining that kind of energy. Carve out disconnected time. Write what inspires me. Make myself write something.
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:)
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Do I need to mail a bar of this chocolate to every one of my lgbt friends? 🏳️🌈🦄
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🖤 miss you babe!!
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I’ll mail you one if you DM me an address :)
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Book: Managing Transitions https://cate.blog/2019/04/03/book-managing-transitions/…
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DM me an address
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🐞 https://photo.cate.blog/2019/04/%f0%9f%90%9e/…
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Slack is tormenting me with impossible goals 😭
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“Procrastination is an emotion regulation problem, not a time management problem,” https://buff.ly/2OqNKaD
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I don’t understand why is this toxic https://instagram.com/p/Bvy9jbVhER0/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=al049ylp75d9…
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Thanks for sharing that!
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DM me your address :)
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My most beautiful hat with waterfall (and also moi) 🇮🇸❄️
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If only there were more I would ride the subway
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I nearly didn't read it because of the title, but this is actually a useful insight, clearly articulated - it's all about alignment - https://buff.ly/2BnLKbI
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Thank you 🖤
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Bought it in Venice I love it so much 😍
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People be faving but you only get one if you DM me an address (unless you live in Seattle or Berlin, where I am sending batches).
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Faxi 🐴🇮🇸 https://photo.cate.blog/2019/04/faxi-%f0%9f%90%b4%f0%9f%87%ae%f0%9f%87%b8/…
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Reykjavík 🇮🇸 https://photo.cate.blog/2019/04/reykjavik-%f0%9f%87%ae%f0%9f%87%b8/…
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Thank you for the awesome editing and hyping me up!! 🖤
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People’s go to move in a crisis really tells you a lot about who they are and how they see the world.
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Ahaha no it’s warmer now :)
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💯
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Yessssssss so cool!
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My latest in @quartzatwork
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Hahaha unfortunately not!! Poor little 🦝
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🖤 clearly, you are an optimist 😂 what is that like?!?
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Spent the week in Iceland with the Hufflepuff team from the mobile org (aka Hogwarts) at @automattic
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Hahaha are you sure she is planning to steal pancakes? Looks to me like she is plotting to destroy the patriarchy.
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Oh my god thought I was losing my mind when I realized I was two hours early for my flight. Turns out the one I was supposed to be on was cancelled 🥺😭🙃
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Also thank you 🖤
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Aww which airport are you in?
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Haha okay where do i find it? You don’t have to mail it or anything do you?!
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Hahaha 🦝🦝🦝
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🖤
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Thanks!
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Ahaha yeah. Same.
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It’s delayed another hour and the @Icelandair
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This was my most expensive tweet ever 😂💸
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Yes, we are hiring: https://automattic.com/work-with-us/mobile-engineer/… Work on one of the most complex, long term apps in the store, used by millions across the world, with a diverse, global team - no need to relocate 🌎🌍🌏
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Thanks for sharing that :)
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Wait what?
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😂
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Thanks for sharing that 🖤
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TFW you wake up from nice dreams knowing reality can only disappoint you 😴🥺
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Does it involve filling out a form.
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Yeah! Chiang Mai and Taipei! :)
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Also checking this I found some new ones wonder how long they have been there 🤔
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Where is 1k+?
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Thanks 🖤 going to try one of these “vacation” malarkey’s because the only afk I’ve taken since September had involved hospitals. It’s not good for anyone, incl. me.
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Are you okay?
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Post surgery SUCKS (I has surgery last month) and the drug regime (still on it) is hell. I hope you are doing better soon.
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She did not help me she said it was a schedule change but I booked this ticket super recently and did not get any kind of notification. Also when I scanned my ticket to get through security it showed flight cancelled. I have been in the airport since 1030am for the 1230 LHR 😭😭
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My flight was CANCELLED and my weekend ruined and now it’s a “schedule change” to avoid paying compensation as per EU law.
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Few things better than a day at the V&A. The Dior exhibit is - of course - fabulous, so happy to get to see it and with one of my BFFs. And then Mary Quant! Omg I love her. The way she thought about clothes, and expression, branding... revolutionary.
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These things are not comparable. >31 can be triaged. > 1K is learning to accept a permenant state of failure.
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Oh shit since last November.
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“Thought leaders” can be right at a high level of abstraction, but to actually create that kind of change in an organization you need a level of depth, a strategy that fits the culture, and a focus on executing it that goes way beyond things expressed in tweets or even keynotes.
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Ice cave ❄️ https://photo.cate.blog/2019/04/ice-cave-%e2%9d%84%ef%b8%8f/…
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Landing 🛬🌅🇬🇧 https://photo.cate.blog/2019/04/landing-%f0%9f%9b%ac%f0%9f%8c%85%f0%9f%87%ac%f0%9f%87%a7/…
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Normally I can deal with it but omg everything has been so hard lately and I’m tired of dealing with things 😭
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Now they are announcing a "50 minute delay" (on top of the 2 hour reschedule that happened yesterday am) and I am crying in a corner unable to cope with anything. Also my headphones have broken.
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Normally I see travel as surrendering to the system but it was so important to me to be in London at a reasonable time tonight 😭💔
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Oh my god the constant thing of work travel where people think my male coworker is actually my lover 😂😭
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“En el arte no basta con intenciones y, como decimos en español: obras son amores y no buenas razones. Lo que cuenta es lo que se hace y no lo que se tenía la intención de hacer.” ~Picasso
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Couple of people (well men) have told me recently that I don’t take any shit. Definitely a complement but oh hell I have taken so much shit. Maybe I’m just not taking any new shit? Any of the same old shit some more?!
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Oh I nearly forgot the gift wrap 😂
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Guy on my team: “Cate motivates me, if not I would be crying in bed all day.” I am feeling some pressure y’all and also a little concerned 😂
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My hobby: trash talking British people in two languages that aren’t English.
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Update on this: I did it, he loves it 🖤🥰 went with an assortment of exciting Icelandic candy, wool soap (he gets very excited about wool) and a heartfelt card. Then I left it somewhere for him to find and we exchanged emotions via text 😂 it is the British Way.
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One thing I pay attention to in managers is how people who report into them are doing. Do they get more capable? Less capable? Stay the same? Ultimately managers who do not level up their directs fail. But in the time that failure becomes obvious, so much harm is done.
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Skater dress by Mary Quant 😍 https://photo.cate.blog/2019/04/skater-dress-by-mary-quant-%f0%9f%98%8d/…
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This is not a river?
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Do you need a coauthor 😂🖤
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Me trying to give a domesticated person a gift, “here is 8 kinds of salt”
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I have the best coworkers 😍 @catehstn
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Malaga 🇪🇸 https://photo.cate.blog/2019/04/malaga-%f0%9f%87%aa%f0%9f%87%b8/…
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Ain’t no one else riding off this glass cliff.
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El Caminito del Rey https://photo.cate.blog/2019/04/el-caminito-del-rey/…
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Worried you got here from my question “how do you want to feel in the bathroom” 😂
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Always want your stories Marco!!!
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People always amazed when an Anglo speaks another language, always then ask where I’m from. Today explained (in Spanish, obvi) I was from the UK but don’t live there anymore because it’s full of crazy racists. Spanish guy, “well... you said it.”
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We have been bffs for YEARS and you still surprise me ilu 🖤
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I want to have the optimism of the woman who thinks I can file my expense report on time this month.
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👗👗👗 https://photo.cate.blog/2019/04/%f0%9f%91%97%f0%9f%91%97%f0%9f%91%97/…
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This is _such_ a helpful early warning sign. Although in places that don’t value management / people development, you may spend years waiting for what is obvious to you to become apparent to everyone else.
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Perfect day in Thailand 🇹🇭 https://photo.cate.blog/2019/04/perfect-day-in-thailand-%f0%9f%87%b9%f0%9f%87%ad/…
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No room.
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Part of onboarding is helping people adapt to the norms of working so that they can be effective in their job. E.g at @automattic
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Why Companies Won’t Let Bad Projects Die https://buff.ly/2wssc4G /via @beaulebens
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Omg ME TOO
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So tired. So, so tired. So, so, so tired. I get to go home this afternoon, though. (For three days...)
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👏
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10 years of @wordpressdotcom
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Omfg
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When interviewed by a female engineer maybe it's not a good idea to say you don't believe women can write code.
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No bad choices there!!
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This is really interesting - don’t give people feedback, describe your experience - https://theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/mar/22/why-feedback-is-never-worthwhile-oliver-burkeman… /by @oliverburkeman
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My mom asked what I want for my birthday and I gave her a list of life essentials that are broken... glasses, iPad, sneakers, headphones... this is what happens when you buy a house 😭
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This man needs a new hobby.
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I bought “work pajamas” which I change into every day out of my “sleeping pajamas”, eat breakfast foods for ~2/3 of all meals, and see a therapist every week to ensure I have irl interactions with another human. Oh, wait... https://x.com/iancoldwater/s/iancoldwater/status/1118300539920572416…
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My latest in @quartz
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I got so much out of it. Asked my team to read it ahead of our meetup.
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Walkway ⛰ https://photo.cate.blog/2019/04/walkway-%e2%9b%b0/…
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I’m not talking about “culture fit” which is bollocks. I’m talking about understanding and being able to work within the norms of the people you work with. The unstated expectations. In a remote environment it’s harder to “read the room” so you need to make things explicit.
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Omg I made it in and onto my next plane I can't believe it. Just need to find a British embassy somehow and get some extra pages.
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Are you reading good strategy bad strategy? That book omg.
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Amazing
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Wrote about this publicly YEARS ago, my stance has not really changed though https://cate.blog/2014/12/03/corporate-feminism-and-thankless-emotional-labour/…
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😭 it me wondering where my day went https://x.com/raccooons/stat/raccooons/status/1119335532675444736…
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I love her 🥰
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Oh wowwwwww gross
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Never seen it never want to 🖤
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Oh your hair looks gorgeous today 🖤
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So like this example of writing in public. It’s a thing I try and encourage and cultivate in new hires - they can’t be effective without it. Giving feedback on that, pushing people to do it, setting goals for writing in public... key to helping them adapt to this norm.
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Yes do it’s a bad time!!
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Ahaha no worries the problem is I travel so much I don’t worry enough this is like the time I accidentally didn’t have a plane ticket 😂
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I think about onboarding as helping someone feel: - a sense of success - a feeling of belonging You can’t achieve the first without understanding how to operate, and someone can’t feel like they belong if they don’t feel they are effective and understand the culture.
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This whole passport problem seems a bit concerning actually. I may need to fill out a FORM omg nothing for it I may just have to be deported.
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that would be like... a year's supply of tea @frosty
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It's okay! I'll get some more pages at the embassy.
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The scene: premium economy, late night flight, already delayed. Children abound, one is making particularly terrible noises. Me: looking jittery and swallowing various pills Dude next to me on plane: “bad at flying?” Me: “bad at children”
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Always exciting to get a draft back from @HeatherLandy
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This is a thirteen hour flight there is no amount of drugs that make this survivable it was nice knowing you all make sure @elibud
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Omg they are threatening to deny me entry and ship me back because my passport is full of stamps 😭
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Few things more inefficient than crying over things instead of doing them 😭 when can I be a robot 🤖
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No violencia https://photo.cate.blog/2019/04/no-violencia/…
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Someone called me on planning for the destruction of future Cate today and I think there was an opportunity to rescue future Cate. I did not take it. I am the past Cate future Cate is going to hate. Again.
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🐉🇹🇭 https://photo.cate.blog/2019/04/%f0%9f%90%89%f0%9f%87%b9%f0%9f%87%ad/…
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🛶 https://photo.cate.blog/2019/04/%f0%9f%9b%b6-4/…
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Completely reconciled to this passport emergency situation because it turns out there is a RACCOON CAFE in Bangkok 🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝
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Current passport status: two people are standing over me as I hyperventilate and fill in a form for the third time after mysterious form losses 😭😭😭
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Working at a company where my colleagues keep disappearing on three month sabbaticals is really exacerbating my abandonment issues 😭
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🐘🌸 https://photo.cate.blog/2019/04/%f0%9f%90%98%f0%9f%8c%b8/…
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Ooh exciting :)
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Thanks!! The form filling was very stressful. And I still need to fill in another passport form 😭
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There's a kiosk at this airport called "two dollar coffee" with a sign that says "eat FOOD and be HAPPY" I love it.
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I just don’t want to be eaten by your animal a tiger is much prettier.
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Yessssss
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Found a Botero statue in Bangkok 🖤🐎🇨🇴
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Brief escape and snack time 😍🦝
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Being dis cu-ute is thirsty work 😍🥰🦝
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So wrung out from meetup and not sleeping properly in ~10 days I might start crying and never stop... but made it to Bangkok on the early flight. I need food, quality raccoon time and SLEEP 😭
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I mean I’m glad they are getting a nice break but WHY DOES EVERYONE KEEP LEAVING ME 💔😭
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“I wonder if raccoons know more about the universe than they let on and that’s why you’re drawn to them.” ~@dirrrtydeeds
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Omg the worst I slept through meeting the 🐯
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Dan.
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I am expending more energy worrying about this than I did about my passport no longer having complete functionality.
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If someone is allergic to cats are they also likely to be allergic to tigers? Related news: going to meet a tiger tomorrow 🐯
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This is so exciting!! https://mobile.blog
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Another perfect day in 🇹🇭 https://photo.cate.blog/2019/04/another-perfect-day-in-%f0%9f%87%b9%f0%9f%87%ad/…
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I think I must be broken because there are raccoons nearby and all I need to do is pay the check and get a cab and I am struggling to do it 😭
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Can always rely on @VPoltrack to validate the life choices others may not understand 🦝
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Sunset 🌅 https://photo.cate.blog/2019/04/sunset-%f0%9f%8c%85/…
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What if the raccoons have left? Are busy? Reject me?!? 😭😭😭😭😭
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“I really hate ‘hiring bar’” @nikolayb
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Preparing for vacation but @elibud
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Yay 🌈 🍫
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Raccoons just want to be freeeeeeeeee
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It’s more *efficient* to tell people but it’s more *effective* to help people come to their own conclusions. What are you optimizing for?
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Two days ago: intense team discussions on rebranding. Today: new team photo, we are far away, in a cave accessible only by small tunnels and knee deep in water.
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Haha
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Booked a third plane ticket out of Phuket for increased quality raccoon time I have no regrets 😎🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝