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What It's Like To Be

From postal worker to film producer, what is it like to do what you do?

Being Dyslexic and Pursuing a Career in Writing: My Journey So Far
There is always a little spark of fear when accepting a new job where I know I am going to be writing content. Despite my love of writing, I am overwhelmingly self-conscious of my dyslexia, and what others may think of my work in light of it.
By Anna-Roisin Ullman-Smith6 years ago in Journal
5 Social Emotional School Lessons
"Do it!" they said. "You'll do great and you're so good at connecting with the kids." I was pumped up to be a Social Emotional School Counselor. I had visions of helping kids and teachers better understand themselves and their emotions. But as I approach the end of my first year as a SESC I don't know that I really have accomplished either of these aspirations. I do know that amidst my hard work, the emotional drain and the wonderful glimpses of forward movement I have learned a few lessons. So today I'd like to share 5 of those lessons with you in the hopes that you can better understand what a SESC really does.
By Christina6 years ago in Journal
Whether It’s A Hobby Or For Money When You Write You Still Need To Do The Work
Over the years, I’ve read various perspectives about this writing gig of ours. Often differing opinions about this wonderfully creative world we artists strive to exist in.
By PG Barnett6 years ago in Journal
Influenced By Picasso, But Not Like Picasso
Hey Marcella, I recognize your work! It’s just like Picasso! I must have heard that too many times and still wince inwardly every time I hear it.
By Marcella Mitchell6 years ago in Journal
Me? A Mobile App Developer?
The mobile development industry is a unique force that is driven by several influences, yet has no real ‘landing point’ or ‘complete’ button and loose directional boundaries which are usually carved from post-reactive legislation. The technology is accessible (everyone has a phone), applications are easy to install and there are several to choose from (complete with pictures on your app store) and it is not age biased (younger generations are often more adept at optimizing the technology opposed to older generations). I see the mobile development industry as continuing to advance at remarkable speed as its subscribers continue to grow, acclimate and demand more of technology. After all, according to MobileAppDaily.com, “The social media world is the second largest place filled with people after the physical world in the entire universe (excluding the alien possibility).” This is just one facet of mobile development. Developer-tech.com has also seen hyper-casual gaming on the rise, “...these games now have the highest number of installs on average in 50 percent of the top global markets. For context, last year they only had the highest number of installs in the top 20 percent.” The increase of several different areas within the global scope of mobile application equates to dramatic changes in short periods of time. The mobile development industry is explosive, dynamic and interactive and as the world challenges the developers, the developers are attempting to keep pace like ducks on water (calm on the surface, feet moving wicked fast beneath). In this industry it is an absolute requirement to have the foresight to see an opportunity and to have the ability to capitalize on it.
By Musing Around6 years ago in Journal
The Hard Sell
THE APPRAISAL Vendors find it hard to listen to real estate agents who tell them their house is worth $75,000 less than what the neighbours sold for 18 months earlier. Many agents say they lose listings to competitors who are less rigorous with the truth and are happy to talk up a property's value. Agents can cause major problems for their clients if they raise false hopes. If a vendor is planning to buy another property on the strength of an inflated sale expectation for their existing property, they could end up 20 to 30 per cent short on their next house. Many agents lose listings to unethical competitors who talk up the price, knowing full well the property will never achieve the mark. It's so difficult to get an honest agent who will give you a realistic price because most vendors are going to go with the guy who quotes the highest figure. As hard as it may be to stomach, the agent who quotes lowest is probably the most honest. If we don't price a property within 3 per cent of what the market will pay, buyers will sniff it and it won't sell.
By Agentfarm6 years ago in Journal
10 Tips For Influencers
HAVE A MEDIA KIT. NOT A RATE CARD. We’ve all heard that media kits are essential – and they are! But leave your rate card in the dust. A media kit highlights your noteworthy brand collaborations, your audience demographics, your stats, and a little bio. A rate card breaks down your prices for your Instagram coverage, blog posts, etc. However, the influencer industry is changing! Budgets are getting bigger. You know what that means for you: more money, honey! I’m all about women getting paid, so don’t sell yourself short – pun intended. Never give your rates up front without hearing the brand’s budget first.
By Victoria Van Ness6 years ago in Journal
6 Tips for Social Media Success
Hey Vocal! Allow me to introduce myself! My name is Victoria Van Ness and I’m a twenty-three year old entrepreneur and blogger. I’m based in Orlando, Florida, however, I’ve been a full-time traveler for many years as I work remotely around the world.
By Victoria Van Ness6 years ago in Journal
Trials of a Waitress
I have been working at Red Robin now for almost six months and I have learned more about human behavior and patience in that time than I have ever expected. I have finally reached my breaking point about being a server to the point where I have to journal about it for the world to see. There are things that your servers will never tell you. There are things we do because we have no choice. This is just the short things I know from experiences or what my fellow servers have told me.
By Erika Farrah6 years ago in Journal
Being an Actor: Learning Lines
I think learning lines is the worst part of my job. The long, boring task of remembering something that the general public will forget within a second of me saying it makes you realise that linesdont need to be remembered they need to be performed. When you look at the opening line of Hamlet, it could be a throwaway line anywhere else within the play, the line in question, "who's there" but when you deconstruct that line like we are back doing our English GCSE's, those two words set up the play perfectly. That line can be deconstructed as much as "To be or not to be" in fact in performance you can almost predict how that will be said, by the actor, but that the challenge of acting sometimes, how do you stand out? Maybe that's another blog I can write about sometime. But with that very simple line you can go in so many directions.
By Matthew John Bool6 years ago in Journal
Don't Give Up
The boys were so angry. And who could blame them. They had been taken from their homes - most of them without anything to all their own - and taken to a state-run shelter for boys aged 6-12. They were officially "in the system".
By Andrea Lynn6 years ago in Journal
I Think We Will Begin the Story Here
Of course, I have to begin by telling you that this particular story started more than four decades ago, in the early 70s. But let us go ahead and make this its new inception point, the place where we can chat cozily about our present states, express hopes for our precariously-balancing futures, and weave a tiny bit of our past in there too by way of context and providing that always irrestible backstory that begs to be told.
By Tricia De Jesus-Gutierrez (Phynne~Belle)6 years ago in Journal