humanity
The real lives of businessmen, professionals, the everyday man, stay at home parent, healthy lifestyle influencers, and general feel good human stories.
Relaxation
The hot summer air is filled with dust. The sun beats on my neck and arms. I feel the sweat going down my back. I take a deep breath. I look at my hands. They are starting to show my age. They have a few more lines being accented by the dirt. I see the dirt embedded into those lines. Muddy sweat slowly flows down my arm. The wind brings the dust from the dried grass, into the air, and then onto whatever is in its path. Not only do my hands get dirty from air but also with my passion to relax.
By Chad Wedge5 years ago in Journal
Dear Vocal Reviewers
Dear Vocal Reviewer's Let me start by giving you a ton of credit for the job that you are doing. I can only imagine how much awful, terrible, craptacular writing you must encounter on a daily basis (e.g. see this very sentence) and I give you mad props for maintaining your sanity and faith in the general goodness of humanity in spite of it all. I have not doubt that when you graduated from college with a degree in English/creative writing/history/philosophy/fine arts you never thought you would have been given the opportunity you now have in front of you so early in your career. For most people, the chance to be a professional censor does not happen until much later in their lives when they become old fuddy-duddies, but you are tasting the intoxicating power that comes with holding the power of digital life and death in your very hands right out of school. You have proven all the naysayers, including your very 0wn friends and family wrong, and gotten a real job with a degree from an actual 4 year college and not obtained online. And, you did not study data science or machine learning or artificial intelligence like your grammie and granpa insisted you needed to do if you wanted to "go anywhere in life." Who's going somewhere now grammie? Who? You, that's who.
By Everyday Junglist5 years ago in Journal
The Craft
Have you visited the ocean? I have. I love it. There is a reason. I love visiting the ocean because I love the sound ocean waves make. There is a tune and a beat. I like that you cannot turn the sound down or alter it. It is chaotic, yet organized - just like my mind.
By Aaron Heller5 years ago in Journal
Her(e)
We share experiences through the soles of our feet, the capacity of our lungs and the scope of the world that spreads before us. We climb and descend together, plant our feet on stable rock, following each other across streams. We rest in shadows to stay cool, sunlight to stay warm and in each other’s presence to stay safe. Our efforts rise and fall at similar times as our bodies recover and prepare for the next steps. We view the landscape ahead with an intuitive awareness, although we are seeking entirely different information from the contents. While Dave is constantly comparing where we are relative to the world around us, I am watching a dog for any indication that what lies ahead may be destroyed by explosion.
By Nicole Shumate5 years ago in Journal
Workplace Hell Hole
Photo by Alex Robert on Unsplash So, you wanna hear confessions, huh? Ok, here's two that I have been keeping a secret because it happens at a place I used to work at, and I don't want to say the name of the location because these f#ckers could get mad, and I might get in trouble. So, I'll call the workplace "Hell hole food place" I worked in the kitchen as a food prep. One of the perks about working in the kitchen was many hot guys coming in and out all the time. But, there were times it was so slow that time felt like it had stopped or would run so quiet, and since we couldn't stand around, we would have to find things to do.
By stephanie borges5 years ago in Journal
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WORK YOU OBTAIN AND THE WAY YOU DESCRIBE IT REFLECTS YOUR INNER SELF
Journaling about how I feel I am, about what I like about my job and about what I wish in the working that I do, has made me realize very important aspects about myself and mirroring the information with my husband, have discovered that this, what I am about to blog about, really makes sense.
By Annaelle Artsy5 years ago in Journal
Stop Firing Disabled People!
Dear able bodied employers, I was enraged by a video on TikTok of a lady crying because she was fired for being disabled. I went to her profile and saw she has a chronic illness. When you think that persons with disabilities are not meeting the demands or requirements of the job, do not assume it is because they are lazy, because they are not. Many people with disabilities struggle to find a job, let alone keep a job, because of the stigma that comes with being disabled. You need to have some disabled people on your board of directors and also hire them as managers in order to foster a safer and more accepting environment.
By Sunny Dolen5 years ago in Journal
13 COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS TO RESTRUCTURE BY THE END OF THE YEAR
People will do anything, no matter how absurd to avoid facing their own souls, once wrote Carl Jung. We are all biased with different thinking patterns and brain shortcuts that we created in time to have time to cope with life and change. Sometimes these cognitive distortions make it hard for us to progress in life, and the universe keeps throwing at us the same lessons in different formats, and we still don’t get it. So, by the end of the year, let’s work together to restructure those mental biases we all deal with.
By Annaelle Artsy5 years ago in Journal
Of Dubious Donors and the Moral Hazes of Giving and Receiving Donations
Of Dubious Donors and Moral Hazes of Giving and Receiving Donations Photo by Tim Mossholder on UnsplashThis is the Age of Philanthropy. Right from Bill Gates and Warren Buffet in the United States to Infosys and Azim Premji in India as well as the countless GoFundMe crowdfunding campaigns, we are living in times when Giving is Good. Indeed, the amounts of money involved are truly mindbogglingly huge as Hundreds of Billions of Dollars are being raised by both Non Profits and Individuals from Millions of Donors. With so much "joy" at giving and the gratitude of the recipients, one might very well ask, Where is the Problem if both eager donors and grateful recipients are happy with the largess being doled about.
By Rammohan Susarla5 years ago in Journal
NO COFEE NO WORKEE
Enjoy Coffee Daily Is there anything that tastes better than that first sip of fresh piping hot coffee? Strong coffee, served in the perfect mug, preferably with the large handle so one can hold the cup close to the face with both hands firmly wrapped around the bowl. A smile escapes as we feel a slight tickle under the nose while blowing into the rising steam. The eyes glisten a little as they gaze into the dark brown liquid flowing near the brim. Then the long inhale through the nostrils just before we take that precious first sip. This steaming flavor packed drink that brings the body to life in the wee hours is nothing short of heaven to the senses.
By Laura Miller 5 years ago in Journal
