Bridget Lane

I am furious and devastated

For my birthday this year, my dad gifted me a dirty bottle of water. Not kidding. In the past he’s gifted me: a first aid kit, pepper spray, an encyclopedia, a key chain, dedicated a book he wrote to me, etc. good ol dad gifts. He told me this years gift was extra special as no money could possibly buy it: a valuable life lesson. A shaken dirty bottle of water symbolizes life when you’re flustered. Everything appears dirty. But when the mind settles, dirt only represents less than 10% of the bottle. It’s important to maintain perspective. Later that weekend I took the bottle to the ocean and poured it back in - sharing a lesson with him in the process: “You are not a drop in the ocean, you are the ocean in a drop.” In effect, I one-upped his cliche 😌 the point of this post is that I am very obviously the child of this man.

It’s ten years since @stripe launched in Ireland. From surf schools in Sligo to unicorns in Dublin, our data shows Ireland’s internet businesses are soaring. More here 👉 stripe.com/newsroom/news/…

*Sighs in resignation* I never wanna do VO2 Max tho 🥲

@vitamindietz Thanks Dietz 🙏😊

@bridgetnomnom go get em bridget!! 🇮🇪

Ahhhh just booked my one way ticket to Dublin! 🇮🇪✈️🤯 I’m almost an expat 😱

@ChennyChen_Chen Thank youuuu 😄 I’m very excited! 🙏

@bridgetnomnom 😮 so exciting Bridget!!

Am I prepared? Ha ha, no. Is that even possible? Is it bothering me? Also, not really. There is so much to do I am just embracing the chaos.

It’s getting real. About ready to live out of these bad boys for a bit while my life is packed and shipped to Dublin! 🇮🇪

Re: @HashiCorp layoffs. Hashi friends, please reach out if I can help in any way. My network is open!

It’s my birthday. I’m 37 and I have some things I’d like to share, in no particular order. 1. No one thinks about you more than you do. That thing from two years ago that keeps you up at night? No one else remembers. Honor the memory and let it go.

Guess it’s a good weekend to be on-call lol 🤣

Outdoorsy friends in the DMV, keep an eye on air quality as you plan your activities today and this weekend! 😬

Hey, so there is a new tech publication in the house and it is FIRE. Get you over to roadmapmag.com with a full pot of tea for: 🔥 raw, unfiltered career advice from @kelseyhightower 🔥 why Elon Musk is a reminder that luck plays a huuuge role in any CEO success story

Working styles are so highly varied that making the right call on RTO feels extremely hard. I still think hybrid and flexibility with some boundaries is the way to go.

This is what you get without an HOA

Today is my 1 year @stripe anniversary. Thankful. 🥰

@jd87 nooooooo 😭

✨make it trendy to ignore slack for long luxurious periods of focus time ✨

It's counterintuitive how the smallest expressions of gratitude can have such an outsized impact! Reminder to keep recognizing the positive work of the folks around you 🙏😊