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The Broke College Grad Diaries - Part 7
Hello World! Welcome back to the seventh part of The Broke College Grad Diaries. I know this series has been a little all over the place and there hasn’t been a consistent expectation of what I’m going to post and I apologize for that. This is like a journal to me except that I share it with the world and sometimes what goes on in my head is a little messy. I promise to do better!
By Derek Evers5 years ago in Motivation
Do It Right
I once worked for a severely bipolar woman. I can tell you the exact day she stopped taking her medications – April 3rd, 2016 – and she wasn’t exactly totally stable even with those medications. Anyway, one day she told me that during her previous life of working in government, someone told her “If you don’t have time to do it right, you’ll have time to do it over,” which is how people in government positions supposedly operate.
By Ashley Kemp5 years ago in Motivation
The Manifested
The sound of blaring horns, and sirens awakened Yemanja from her sleep. She had been living in a small attic at her uncles for about a month now. Unfortunate situations is what landed her here. She’d planned to move to Miami, on the coast, in a studio apartment. Her Dreams consisted of, walking along the beach feeling the warm breezing and scent of the salted water. She’d planned to travel, with her neon pink bicycle with Golden spoke tires she had envisioned many times. Yemanja was only 21 and very new to the busy and fast paced adult world. Something about the water and beach had always eased her and comforted her. Snapping from her day dream Yemanja remembered she had an interview at 9:30am that morning, it was already 8:45am. She hurried to get dressed, all while dreading the thought of working for someone.
By Priscilla Alisha Kirkland5 years ago in Motivation
The World Wide Entrepreneur: David Steward
A little bit of rational selfishness can go a great distance. When David Steward could not make payroll in his struggling World Wide Technology, he paid his employees before he paid himself. This act of self-interest brought him to a level of an accomplished businessman before his company could even take off into the atmosphere.
By Skyler Saunders5 years ago in Motivation
FAT in Film
I was always a shy and obedient child; molded into obeying- don't ask questions, just do as you're told. I followed along to whatever any adult ever told me to do because I wasn't taught that I was allowed to think for myself. I didn't even know I could. I wore what I was told, ate what I was told, went where I was told, and so forth. It was my life until I found out that I had a voice and I was allowed to use it. Once it started, it just never stopped.
By Amy Philbert5 years ago in Motivation
Make your own!
The start of learning Since I became disabled and had to retire early due to rheumatoid arthritis I seem to have an abundance of time. To help keep the arthritis at bay and my hands working, I started creating different art projects. I started with origami and paper flowers after I was given a beginner's origami kit. I became fairly good at flowers and one of my pieces was volunteered to be an entry for the State Fair of Texas. That is a different story for another day, but the result was a First Place Blue Ribbon. The next year as I was trying to find floral inspiration for that years state fair entry a strange thing happened. I had quite a few one-inch square pieces of black and white paper cut for some reason. The paper was laying out on my desk in the basic shape of a checkerboard. So I decided to take a break from making flowers to make a quick checkerboard, little did I realize at the time that it would lead to making a chess set.
By Timothy Webber5 years ago in Motivation
The power of vulnerability
When I started to experience the power of vulnerability, the results were incredible. A weight lifted off my shoulder. I was able to cope better and my relationships improved. The most magical thing was to also create a place for others to find the courage to be vulnerable. My vulnerable strength spread confidently throughout my circle and I felt empowered as a leader and authentic communicator. I set out a strategy for goals, little and grand, with each day, I made a little bit of progress until I was able to walk again, my graduate CPA certificate in hand. We can achieve so much by embracing the power of vulnerability. Now more than ever our community needs authentic movements for supporting vulnerable forms of leadership.
By Hacia Atherton5 years ago in Motivation
Abandoned Beauties
She was absolutely beautiful, in my opinion, but very few people would think so. She sat in a puddle of water, squished in between brittle brown ivy sprigs and the barren branches of a lifeless jade. She had flung a few pale pink flowers up from her central crown. They were ruffled and shaded to a darker hue along the edges. Most of her flowers had shriveled weeks ago and stuck to the dust-clogged fur of her leaves or hung over her pot’s sides like abandoned parachutes. African Violets do not have a scent. Their petals have an iridescence which, in nature, attracts moths by moonlight. Her blossoms caught and held the light from the overhead neon sign flashing ‘Special Sale’.
By evelyn rainey5 years ago in Motivation
Speed Bumps Ain't Made for Stopin'
It was hot summer's day. The moment you stepped outside you could tell the sun was not particularly gracious to anyone who had the courage enough to brave the intolerable heat. The scorching rays of sunlight barreled down without any mercy. And along with it cane a Southern summer's heat. It was muggy, sticky, and humid. The kind of air that you can almost feel on your skin.
By Travis Patton Sr.5 years ago in Motivation
The mindset of Winners v/s the mindset of Losers
In Indian epic Mahabharata, there is an incident mentioned in which a race was organised between Kauravas and Pandavas. Duryodhan, who was the strongest Kaurava was always jealous of Bheema, the strongest Pandava. Bheeshma(The grandfather of Kaurava and Pandavas)was the supervisor of the race.
By Aryan Kapoor5 years ago in Motivation
Change
Nobody can make me feel as miserable and worthless as I can. It has always been one of my worst character traits. The self-loathing I can inflict on myself can be so damaging, I find myself wanting to sleep my life away. The beautiful dreams that encompass my sleep, are always more pleasant than reality.
By Wendy5 years ago in Motivation
