humanity
The real lives of businessmen, professionals, the everyday man, stay at home parent, healthy lifestyle influencers, and general feel good human stories.
Can We Please Stop Calling Our Jobs (Or Side Jobs) Hustles?
I appreciate the ever evolving nature of our language as much as anyone. In fact I have written frequently about language including not one but two articles specifically on the topic of precision in language, and why it is so important. In those articles I go out of my way to note that language is not some static affair and that meanings of words do shift and change with time. So, I get it that the word hustle has somewhat recently come to be applied to just about anything someone does to make money. On the one hand I can appreciate the association of the word with work. It suggest an aggressive attitude, a let’s get it done quickly approach, etc. On the other hand it brings a lot of negative baggage along for the ride. First, it suggests a lack of seriousness about whatever endeavor it is being applied to describe. A hustle is more like a hobby that makes money then a job. Thus, like a hobby, one’s dedication to it might change in intensity over time. It is transient or temporary. As an example, just like collecting baseball cards used to be your passionate hobby, writing is your hobby now, but who knows what it might be next week? Why would I want to pay someone money if that is the attitude they take toward the job I am paying them to do? Even if writing really is a hobby for you, and you don’t really take it all that seriously, yet you have the temerity to expect people to pay you for it, why rub it in their face? A great question I surely would have no idea about.
By Everyday Junglist4 years ago in Journal
How The Pandemic Made Me Aware of Who I Really Am
Hello, Do you feel like you today and you two years ago are different versions? I certainly do. I'm a better version of myself today than I ever was. If you feel the same way, I want to take a moment to appreciate our growth. It's important to acknowledge those little victories we have in our lives.
By Margo Waterfall4 years ago in Journal
E m P a T h S (1)
I have never found more of myself relating to almost anyone or anything in this world like I have with the book, The Happy Empath's Workbook written by Stephanie Jameson. I've always felt misunderstood and judged and never fully accepted. I spent a lot of time on my own. As practically an only child, practically only because I have four siblings that I didn't grow up with, except for the first few years of my life. Only one in the same household apx. 15 yrs. my senior. It was often lonely and sorting through emotions was difficult. I was considered "too sensitive" as a child, was told to have a thicker skin and stronger backbone, as a result I learned to keep a lot to myself. I learned to bottle up my emotions and not express them. Later on in life when I did slightly express how I felt, it became "You overanalyze things." So I began to internalize everything. It was painful but I learned to swallow my feelings. Over the years in exploring my spiritual journey I've realized I've been an empath. So many things made sense.
By Karimah Peart4 years ago in Journal
Insights From an Ice Storm 25 Years Ago & Random Acts of Kindness
From July 1993 through June 1995, I was living in Pittsburgh doing a surgical oncology fellowship while my wife was living in Philadelphia in a maternal and fetal medicine fellowship. This meant living apart for the first three years of marriage and so I took many long trips down the Pennsylvania Turnpike from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia to spend time with my wife.
By James Goydos, MD4 years ago in Journal
Don’t Work Again in 2022 if You Make These 5 Investments
However, if you take a close look at the current situation, the answer is obvious. As Silicon Valley is the innovation and startup capital of the world, talented young people flock to California to compete for the best tech jobs. Software developers can easily earn a few hundred thousand dollars in this country. There is more to it than that, however. The majority of companies use stock options as a form of compensation for their workers. As an employee at Google, for example, if you are a talented individual. They’re terrified of losing you! The human mind is at the heart of all new ideas and advancements. If you want to keep your job, they can simply give you stock options. If you work for the company for three or ten years, you will receive a certain amount of stock. After a year or two, you decide to leave your current job and join Zuck’s Meta because he renamed the company. You won’t be able to! For the sake of not forfeiting your contractually-guaranteed options, you must stay on until the end of your contract’s term. That’s what makes them millionaires in the first place.
By Claudiu Cozma4 years ago in Journal
Customer Service Revisited
“May I help you?", came the friendly, easily intelligible voice over the phone. “Uh, um, yeah, I guess”, was my hesitant response, so surprised and unaccustomed was I to talking to a live customer service agent. Still unsure that this was not a highly sophisticated “bot”, I carefully explained that I had purchased a 16-bottle spice rack from their company, Kamenstein Spice Company, 6 months ago, that I was running out of my favorite spice, and I would like to order more. The nice lady explained that their company had set up a website, where I would need to go to register, then order whatever I wanted. “BUT”, she said, “Since we’re on the phone, I will do the registration for you and take your order.” “You will?”, I asked, incredulous that I was talking to a live human being who was being helpful, conversational, not reading from a prepared script, and speaking perfect English that I could understand. For the next 15 minutes, we chatted about the spices and cooking, while she registered me, took my order, and explained that replacement spices were FREE, with just a $4.95 shipping charge for the WHOLE order, not each individual bottle.
By Joan Gershman4 years ago in Journal
Little Miss Independent
Grade one; first day of school. The chattering of nervous parents echoes around the courtyard, children with oversized hats and checked uniforms hold onto their parent's hands and giggle nervously, wondering what is in store for them that day. A teacher with short fuzzy brown hair and sun-damaged skin blows a whistle and yells across the sea of Our Lady of the Angel's newcomers,
By Celious Blanc4 years ago in Journal
COVID-19 updates on the first confirmed case of the omicron form in the United States, which was discovered in California.
https://www.digistore24.com/redir/283755/Dishan1990/ The first known case of the omicron variety has been discovered in the United States, only days after its fast spread in South Africa sparked global concern, according to US officials.
By Dishan Kavindu Danwaththa Liyanage4 years ago in Journal
Discovering the Writer in Me
"Why don't you consider writing a book on C++ programming language, Ganesh?". "Oh no, I am not sure I have such a knowledge to write the book and all. I might be asking a few compelling questions about why a few things in C++ works this way or that way. That does not mean I can write a book.".
By Ganesh Kuduva4 years ago in Journal
