Ariel Joseph

Joined April 2021

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I love to write pretty much everything and anything, except a profile page bio.

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My Own Worst Enemy
"I think I believe in you more than you believe in yourself." She said it with a heavy sigh, as she dropped her hands from the old piano, and I knew she meant it. And worse, I knew she was right. I just didn't know how to fix it.
By Ariel Josephabout a year ago in Psyche
There's no such thing as financial freedom
We buried my grandma. A little over a month ago now. We placed the urn containing ashes that are all that's left of a woman who was by far the most optimistic person I’d ever known in the ground next to my grandfather in a long forgotten cemetery in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
By Ariel Joseph2 years ago in Motivation
Writing is like pooping. Top Story - January 2024.
Throughout my life I've occasionally had issues with staying "regular." TMI, I know, but per my last article, I'm embracing cringe so there you go. Sometimes I can't shit.
By Ariel Joseph2 years ago in Writers
I am cringe. Top Story - September 2023. Content Warning.
Disclaimer: I slapped a CW on here just in case, but I don't think it's too intense, just a lot of talk about general anxiety/embarrassment. But just a heads up if that's something you struggle with to a point you don't want to read about it.
By Ariel Joseph2 years ago in Confessions
Knowing Me, Knowing You
I'm writing this for Kayleigh Fraser's Get To Know Me #challenge! I love this idea, so thank you Kayleigh! I think it's fascinating how different we all are. Especially on a platform like Vocal, being able to learn about the people whose work I read daily is just so amazing. I love learning about other people's lives.
By Ariel Joseph2 years ago in Confessions
An unlikely reflection. Top Story - August 2023.
CONTENT WARNING: I wasn't sure how else to do this, but I talk a lot about death in this, specifically about the death of a child that affected the whole community where I grew up.
By Ariel Joseph2 years ago in BookClub
Bat Out of Hell
I spent hours as a kid examining your cover art. Someone in google reviews said he got laid to this album so many times. Enough said.
By Ariel Joseph2 years ago in Critique
Ode to My Contact Lenses
Oh, how lucky to be born in the modern era. Natural selection would've taken me out centuries before. Perfect vision may be only a chimera,
By Ariel Joseph2 years ago in Poets
Brands have lore too!
Gather round for a tale as old as 1996. It's a story that's been passed down exactly 1 generation and now I will share it with you.
By Ariel Joseph2 years ago in Fiction
If you think Hollywood needs to sit down & shut up. Top Story - July 2023.
There’s probably a high likelihood that if you clicked on this you either A) think Hollywood needs to sit down and shut up, and you’re really over hearing about the whole writers and actors strike.
By Ariel Joseph2 years ago in Geeks
Apeirophobia & My Latest Existential Crisis
I have apeirophobia. I've had it pretty much my entire life. My first memory relating to this happened when I was no older than 4.
By Ariel Joseph2 years ago in Psyche
I'm 31. Time to Pick an Urn. Apparently.
I deactivated instagram. It's probably temporary, but for now it's helping me avoid doom scrolling and finding my way into comment sections where I inevitably go on a path of mental destruction while I read long threads of arguments between complete strangers saying some pretty heinous crapola.
By Ariel Joseph3 years ago in Viva