humanity
The real lives of businessmen, professionals, the everyday man, stay at home parent, healthy lifestyle influencers, and general feel good human stories.
The truth about Money
I still remember the best lesson I ever learned about money. It was in my second year of Economics, the first lecture in Macroeconomics. Our professor took out a 20-pound note, waved it around in front of an auditorium full of young students, and asked "Who can tell me what this is?"
By Meliha Avdic4 years ago in Journal
The Myth of Meritocracy
If you have been working in the tech industry for a long you might have seen the term "meritocracy" highlighted in every performance appraisal related email. When I was in my 20s, I used to believe that all these appraisals based on merit are correct to the dot. Little did I think about what is the basis for measuring merit and who decides this. It is when I am feeling stalled in my career, I gave some serious thought to it.
By chembarathi4 years ago in Journal
Five Signs of Writer Syndrome
When we hear "writer," we picture a solitary figure typing away at a computer keyboard. He's just talking to himself and writing about it. However, writers are not at all like this. Writers have a stable and complicated life, and it is well worth living because of their fascinating habits. A writer's Emotional sensitivity is often equated with emotional instability or immaturity, leading to misunderstanding. It's a known truth that writers are empathic and have a unique way of looking at things.
By Hussain Soomro 4 years ago in Journal
Debt
I reread the entry below which I wrote on April 22, 2021, and titled “Debt”. In the back of my mind, I always thought about posting it, but something kept me back, and that something is fear. In the entry below, I wrote about my fear for money - I now write, fear in and of itself needs to be handled. By me.
By Michael Owczarek4 years ago in Journal
Too Lazy To Learn
I think we are all guilty of this to varying degrees. Often it's because the learning process is time consuming , expensive and even difficult. Sometimes it's because it's time consuming. While I can doodle about on most musical instruments I can't actually play apart from basic rhythm accompaniments and maybe the odd simple solo. However something like Trace Bundy's take on Pachelbel's "Canon" just leaves me awestruck. Learning takes practice, time and dedication.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Journal
Not the average Thursday Afternoon
So it started off like any regular Thursday. Class was let out, everyone said their goodbyes and we all went our respective ways. I was waiting for the bus which seemed to be later than usual which bugs the shit out of me. Well let me tell you how awesome it was when my already late bus got caught in a construction zone - for an hour and a half!
By Sandman Campsmith 4 years ago in Journal
What could go wrong?
Growing up, I was given the nickname of ‘Flash’. I used to, and continue to, make decisions without ever thinking of the consequences those decisions will have. Recently I made the decision to move across Canada. What brought on that decision? A bad mental headspace. The feeling of being stuck in both my professional life and my personal life. Needing a change. I had no idea what I wanted my next steps to be, but I knew I needed a change, and a big one at that. So instead of doing what any rational person would do, and change their job, or their city, or take some time for a change of scenery. I made the choice to move across the country. Away from everything I knew, all my family. Without a job, or a place to live. I spent very little time looking into the cost of living somewhere. I just made the decision. Convincing a friend of mine, and a friend of his, to come with me. So here we were, going big, and NOT going home. We loaded our vehicles with as much as we could fit, towed my Mazda with his 1991 Chevy Rally van. In our load of things, this man loads a Transmission into the back of his van. Weird, right? But Mr. Mechanic wanted to make sure he was prepared if anything came up. Next came the over abundance of tools, I have never even seen. With everything loaded and ready to go, away we went. Passing through towns I have never even heard of.
By Sierra Cole4 years ago in Journal
Can technology cause the gap between generations?
According to a survey from PayScale, the average age of employees is almost 35 in many of the most successful companies in the technology industry. While the relationship between age and technology use is unpredictable, the growing inequality in the industry is not surprising. Technology can bridge the gap between generations by influencing how adults learn to use new technologies.
By Shreya Poudel4 years ago in Journal
