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updates: I like to use the headphones icon when my status is “focusing.” Your
coworkers might relate when your status is “wrangling children” or “showdown
with the cat.” - CELEBRATE SMALL WINS
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dance parties in one of its Slack channels. Why? Sometimes to celebrate the fact
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could post a dancing animated gif or reacji. Sometimes people would also share
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