humanity
The real lives of businessmen, professionals, the everyday man, stay at home parent, healthy lifestyle influencers, and general feel good human stories.
In the Cooler.
tahCovid-19 hit like a brick shattering a pane-glass window here in my little Utah town; suddenly and destructively. I work at a grocery store where my duties are fairly expansive, but my primary responsibility is overseeing the store's online shopping: I am essentially a personal shopper and delivery driver with the title of manager. My job does see me at other tasks: creating signage for the stores digital billboard, submitting changes for the weekly ad and writing emails for deals and events. Thursdays are one of two days I'm given each week to focus on these other tasks, I have another person overseeing the orders and I focus on office tasks. Thursday March 12th started as any other Thursday.
By Frank Shaw6 years ago in Journal
Another quitting corporate America update
So in my last posts I wrote about the many options I had for quitting this life of working for someone else. I also wrote about how this life is no longer for me. I have grown up seeing my family work for corporate America so these posts are not knocking corporate America or those who work for it. These posts are just telling the truth.
By Lena Bailey6 years ago in Journal
So What Did You Do In Lock Down?
Lock down has meant very different things to different people. Some have become dedicated couch potatoes, others have lost weight and become super fit. Some have redecorated their house and others have lavished love and attention on their garden. I had very good intentions. Really! I was going to systematically work through each room in the house until it sparkled. I was going to catch up with my gardening. Neither of those good intentions bore fruit which is a shame really. Both house and garden would have welcomed the attention and my garden used to be my pride and joy. Now the kindest way to describe it is to say it is a haven for wildlife.
By Rosanna Teale6 years ago in Journal
Be different.... be you
Since I was a little girl I always had this dream of my own place to live. I was raised in a family with 3 siblings and 2 bedrooms, so privacy was a luxury only allowed when my family get out for country trips and I had to stay because my college.
By Alicia Valdes6 years ago in Journal
10 Myths about the Chinese
I have been working for different top-tier companies in my industry for around 10 years, in the UK and Continental Europe. As a Chinese person, I know from my experience that fitting into a new environment is hard when you are a foreigner, especially if you are from a country that is not well-known and associated with negative stereotypes. Luckily after some adjustment time my work colleagues and I have built some very precious friendships and shared unforgettable moments.
By Xiang Zheng6 years ago in Journal
I Used My White Privilege to Survive Misogyny, Fatphobia and Mental Illness Bigotry in the Arts.
In 1991 I was 19 yrs old and stood up to hate for the first time in the arts. I was inappropriately touched by a male teacher in class, and another instructor used my trauma history (without consent) to prompt an emotional response in an acting class. I spoke to the head of the program that this was not okay.
By Flossie McKnight6 years ago in Journal
Coronavirus Pandemic vis-a-vis Katrina
Every time I think of the unbelievable pain and suffering that Coronavirus Pandemic is causing, it brings back a memory of a similar type of pain, of the victims that were televised daily while suffering and crying out for help to be rescued in New Orleans, for what seemed like an eternity in 2005 during the great tragedy of Katrina.
By Faye Renee6 years ago in Journal
A thanks from me to you.
Dear Key Workers, You probably don't hear something like this everyday, as a pandemic rushes throughout the world, spreading like wildfire their are many people out there fighting to get through the daily grind, from people having to stay locked in their houses receiving a basic furlough payment, or those on zero hour contracts who've lost the many hours they should be entitled to no matter what the circumstance. It's a battle, but a slow war the country is winning despite many restrictions, with a lack of funding nurses and doctors are helping to research the cure, keeping people medicated for whatever they're troubles may be, working long over stretched hours on minimum pay (which is something I have viewed negatively for many years, the pay is atrocious for the danger you put yourselves in every day with the bravest of faces, nothing can tear you down.) I have seen many struggles during my life, but nothing compared to my wonderful stepmother who visits the elderly at home, people who need help but either don't have family there to support them, or a family that is doing their absolute best to provide the most suitable care.
By Rayann Bradshaw6 years ago in Journal
THEY ARE HEROES
Heroes are people and dogs who put their lives at risk to save others. Some are nurses who work in the hospitals and long term care homes. Recently their jobs become a challenge as it creates a high level of stress for them due to the Covid19 virus outbreak. This job brings them stress because they are worried about her patients and families. There is a nurse I know whose children have underlying issues, such as diabetes and asthma. She is worried that should she contact the virus s and pass it on to her children they would not be able to overcome it. Yet she never took time off work but is going to work to do her shifts. She is ensuring that all precautions are adhered to, both at home and work.
By Linnet Brown6 years ago in Journal
