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I want to chat about something that’s been swirling in my mind for the last week – antifragility in talent acquisition. You know how sometimes life throws curveballs that make you stronger? Well, that’s kind of what antifragility is all about. I was first introduced to this concept through Matt, Automattic’s CEO, in Nassim Nicholas…
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The other day, as I was sitting down for to work on a painting, it hit me – there’s a similarity between my art and my day job in Talent Acquisition. A blank canvas and a new job opening are both full of potential and also a little daunting. Where do you start? How do…
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Today is my mom’s birthday, and I’m caught in a whirlwind of emotions I didn’t see coming. It’s funny how age sneaks up on you – I’ve always thought of myself as pretty stoic, but nostalgia and melancholy are my constant companions these days. Since my mom died in October, grief has been playing hide…
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I’m thrilled to announce that three of my watercolor paintings have been accepted into a local gallery art show! This marks another important milestone in my artistic journey, and I couldn’t be more excited to share my work with a wider audience. The path to this moment wasn’t easy. Opening that registration link is always…
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Today is Matt’s birthday and all he wants for his birthday is for people to blog, so I’m posting something today in his honor. After all, WordPress changed my life back when I was a stay-at-home mom looking for a creative outlet, so it’s the least I can do. I’m behind on announcing that a…
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I’ve written about my 4th work anniversary at Automattic, 1st sabbatical, and 6th work anniversary. But I’ve long since passed my 10th work anniversary (approaching my 12th!) and my 2nd sabbatical and haven’t yet written about it, so I’ll remedy that today. Automatticians can take a sabbatical every five years, 3 months of paid time…
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I found this note that I jotted down while in Minnesota visiting my mom and dad a few weeks before my mom died: “You’re so sweet,” my mom told me in a rare moment of clarity. She looked straight into my eyes a lot today during our visit. Sometimes, I think she knows who I…
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Have you ever had any drama in the workplace? I’m guessing yes. It’s normal, really. Human beings are fantastic and also flawed. And if we are lucky, we care about what we do at work. We might even over-identify with what we do. I’d be hard-pressed to separate who I am from what I do…
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My youngest kiddo is always game for me to take his picture. He’s not always game to just give me a regular old smile. Hence, I have piles of pictures of really interesting faces to practice portrait painting with. Here are a few studies from my sketchbook over the past year: More to come!
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The past eight weeks have been a poignant chapter in my life, marked by a bittersweet return to work from a four-week leave of absence. The necessity of my leave arose from my mother’s ten-plus-year battle with Alzheimer’s, a fight she bravely and peacefully concluded on October 14. I wanted to take some time to…
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Some of you may know that I’m an artist. When I’m not working, I’m painting. I picked up The War of Art the other day because I was talking to someone about procrastination and fear of success holding people back from putting their work out into the public eye. Somehow, the conversation led us to…
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For a few years, I’ve had this gif welcome me every Monday morning on Slack. The vibe is like: OK LET’S DO THIS!!!! And I love it so much. The last few years have been intense, both in the world and at work. And I feel like things are on the upward swing. So since…
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Karen Alma 