humanity
The real lives of businessmen, professionals, the everyday man, stay at home parent, healthy lifestyle influencers, and general feel good human stories.
A Chorus Line Wanna Br
A Chorus Line Wannabe Part Two I almost always arrive early, and yesterday was no exception. I sat in my car trying without avail to memorize the monologue that I had chosen for my audition. I had spent the better part of the week trying to memorize this two minute piece, but still messed up the lines half way through. Perhaps if I got lucky, they’ll just let me read the damn thing.
By Katharine Love6 years ago in Journal
Confessions of a Health Care Assistant
Beginning My Journey Of Self Discovery A lot of people know what they want to do with there life when high school comes to an end. They have goals and dreams and a vision of where they want to be in 5 years. Then there's me. I did have dreams and aspirations and a vision but reality is, life doesn't always go as planned, and you don't always end up going down the road you once thought you would be traveling.
By Stefanie Lisa6 years ago in Journal
Eight Percent
I would like to say it’s hard to believe I’m a part of a group of people with a distinction that’s nothing to be proud of. It’s a label that will always be a part of who I am, and one that I’ve learned to accept and maybe even embrace. That label? I’m a part of the eight percent in this country that is a convicted felon. The truth is, from a young child I was headed in this direction. Before sharing how I became a part of that eight percent, let me share my back story.
By Bea Brodderick6 years ago in Journal
Selling Out and Other Lies #1
I sold out. After almost 4 years of freelancing film work full time, I got a "real job". Not at a production company, not for some small studio, and not on a movie or television set. I got a job in an office where I have to wear at least a polo, I clock out for lunch, and I can't watch a documentary in a sidebar while I do motion graphics. I gotta admit, that first time I loaded up Ancient Aliens Debunked to work to, I felt like I had cheated the system.
By Derrek Vine6 years ago in Journal
Is it ethical to suggest to a subject they enjoyed the hypnosis session?
This is a question for more of an advance group of practitioners in my opinion. Recently I received this question and my first thought was to dismiss this question. Is it unethical to give positive commands that the subject enjoyed themselves in a session seems moot, does it not? As I thought about it the person was likely responding to something deeper. The person writing to me argued that these commands rob the subject of the agency to decide for themselves whether or not they liked being hypnotized. How might you answer this question?
By Joseph Crown6 years ago in Journal
What Makes This Guy Worth 15%??
So, my thing about tipping goes back a long way. Some of the first tips I ever got were when I was a newspaper boy and after a long, hard year of giving up precious after-school video game and comic book time, Christmas came and it was time to tip the paperboy. I got a pile of money, mostly in $5 bills and it all seemed to make the sacrifices worth it. I took the money the newspaper company saved for me and blew most of it at a local roller rink on pop, chips and video games for me and for a guy who wasn't a friend for very much longer (when the money ran out). I gave the paper route to my brother who had even less interest in walking for miles each day for the hope of a couple of bucks per house every two weeks, and I let the newspaper people deal with it. The next time I got tips was when I worked as a pizza delivery person. It was killer. My boss paid me the princely sum of $5.50 an hour and each time I took out a pizza, I got a great tip. No tip, no gas money. No tip, no lunch out the next day. In a way the job was a circle of slavery to me. I worked so hard to save and save then learned all I could about cars and went out and bought an old junker. I loved every minute of driving it but everything from gas to insurance was so expensive. So I got a job delivering pizza but the problem was I drove so much that I got sick of driving, it wore me out. And the extra money always seemed to find some place to go.
By Leif Gregersen6 years ago in Journal
Social Security Benefits: Brief Introduction and Benefits
Over 50 million people rely on social security benefits for their income during their retirement. Not all people plan to fund their retirements completely with social security income. In fact, retirees have various income streams like monthly payments from a pension, Individual Retirement Account (IRA), 401 (k), and even social security. Many people believe that social security is a helpful source in the later years, will others have different thoughts. So, let’s understand in detail what does social security mean and how it is beneficial.
By Alessia Aniston6 years ago in Journal
Why I Refuse to Write Fodder for the Digital Cows
Our craft matters, the beauty we create with our words matter. We shouldn't waste them I've been writing articles for print media for a number of years. Three years ago I decided to try my hand at blogging, for the simple fact that I love writing. Am I opinionated? Hell yes. Do I have something to say that is worth saying? Perhaps. I wouldn't call myself a deep thinker, but a background in psychology and an inquiring mind have led me, in my fifty-two years on the planet, to amass a huge stockpile of information.
By Robert Turner6 years ago in Journal
Universal Placement
Can I see your toes? A little while ago, I had an interesting conversation with a colleague about job interviews, our talk was pretty varied and we covered the recent revelation of one interviewer where he checks to see if the interviewee returned their coffee cup to the kitchen, and the dress code debacle (apparently toes are now offensive), among other things.
By Sam Carlson6 years ago in Journal
