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Splurge
I'm trying to mix it up with my blog posts. While I like talking about dating and such, I don't always want to talk about it. The good news is that there is going to be lots to talk about with dating, I'm sure of it. So let's talk about money and splurging.
By Lena Bailey6 years ago in Journal
How to Survive Stress and Anxiety at Work
Stress and anxiety are two terms I am hearing more and more these days from my clients, and this is a cause of real concern. I wanted to write about stress and anxiety at work, not from a purely legal angle, but also from a human one.
By Monaco Solicitors6 years ago in Journal
Confessions of an Almost Writer: #3
Do you remember the first story you ever made up? I'm not talking about the first story you ever wrote. I'm talking about the one you remember at the very dark edges of your memories, the frayed inklings of a story that flutters. The one that's so far gone into your history that you have to really try hard to remember what the hell it was, as an adult. Of course, I'm assuming you're a writer, or some sort of a creative. But regardless, I think everybody creates as kids. That's how we learn, mimicking life we see around us. Boys wanting to be like dad mostly, and girls pretending they are mum. Or, making up some silly "once upon a story..." starts to your very own fairy tales, complete with dismembered or half naked dolls, who could do with a bath—a serious bath—and a proper meal (you can tell I'm not into dolls, right? But that's a story for another time).
By AveA6 years ago in Journal
The Death of a Creative Soul (AKA Why I Can't Work a Nine to Five)
Alarm rings at five, you wake up half dead from what feels like almost zero sleep. In a zombie like state you walk to the bathroom, you brush then shower and get ready for another of the exact same day at work. Driving to and from work is probably the best part of the day, alone with your thoughts, loud music blaring, you’re probably speeding, not because you want to get to work faster but because that’s probably the most thrill you’re going to get in the whole day. You park about 15 mins early, but just sit in the car thinking, is the money really worth wasting another precious day of your life? But you push through those thoughts and eventually get to work. The tasks at hand are so easy and monotonous that a monkey could be trained to do them, still you put on a poker face and get started. Not even an hour into the shift you’re done with your tasks, so what do you do? You find ways to appear busy, banters with your workmates help keep that last bit of sanity in you. You wish for time to go faster, but a watched pot never boils, and then finally, after what feels like eternity, the work day comes to an end. The drive home brings back a bit of joy and thrill in you, save for that time you’re driving behind the loser driving at 40 in a 60 zone. You get home and cook and clean and watch some TV or read, and get into bed at 9:30 to not feel so sleepy the next day, but wait, you still have to battle the demon that is insomnia! Exhausted with your existential thoughts, sleep finally arrives at 3:30, just for the alarm to ring 5.
By romi6 years ago in Journal
Is Medium Worth Using, Part 2
You might remember I wrote an article about Medium. I pointed out some of its flaws, such as curators decide if your stuff is worth reading, and if they don’t believe it is, you can’t get any organic views of your post. You can only get traffic by driving people to your post with a “friend link.”
By Aaron Dennis6 years ago in Journal
You Died by Suicide
You died by suicide. This morning I was rushed. I always feel rushed. I feel rushed by More. In healthcare, More is this tangible thing like a fork or a spoon. It is creative, continually morphing into a new shape, disguising its true self when it is nothing more than a plague meant to turn physicians into machines, hoping to one day remove all of humanism from the incredibly delicate and difficult practice of medicine. Yesterday More was the number of patient visits being tracked. The day before this More took form as patient satisfaction scores. Last week More was the system reminding me of the hundreds of incomplete tasks that needed completion—if only there were thirty hours in the day I tell myself; if only I was a machine which never needed sleep. How dare of me to require such a thing.
By Dr. Megan Babb6 years ago in Journal
Why a Clean Work Environment Matters
A pristine clean work environment is an attractive and safe one for everyone. Many issues can be caused by an unclean workspace that can threaten your business. Consider these major reasons why you need to maintain a clean work environment for you and your employees.
By Kevin Gardner6 years ago in Journal
How Healthy Initiatives Can Help Attract the Right Job Candidates
Attracting candidates to your open job positions is becoming increasingly difficult for recruiters everywhere. Even with the addition of recruitment technology such as video interviewing software, the recruitment process is only a short time in the candidate’s career, so they’re much more interested in what happens after they’re hired—and, if your wellness program isn’t up to par, your candidates may choose to find somewhere else to work.
By JF Poirier6 years ago in Journal
Digital Marketing with Machine Learning
Machine learning is a very hot topic in the modern digital and knowledge-driven businesses. The demand for machine learning developers is increasing rapidly, resulting in the skyrocketing of machine learning developer salary in the marketplace.
By Stefanuk Anastasia6 years ago in Journal
Phillip Green and Should Gagging Orders Be Banned?
What a gagging order is, how they are organised and what effect do they have? When you hear about gagging orders it will usually be a reference to a confidentiality clause in a settlement agreement document. A settlement agreement is essentially a contract made between you and your employer if you have been treated badly at work and you wish to leave with a lump sum payment. For example, if you were harassed by your boss, or, more commonly, if you are being unfairly dismissed. In exchange for money, you leave quietly and agree to not go to court or bring allegations to the public arena.
By Monaco Solicitors6 years ago in Journal
To Be Vocal or Not Be Vocal
I wanted to first thank Vocal for providing a platform to be vocal with stories, poems and content along with a way to monetize them since successfully publishing some content on their platform, but I see a flaw in their business model and practices. I say again I wanted to first thank Vocal for providing a platform to be vocal with stories, poems and content along with a way to monetize them since successfully publishing some content on their platform, but I see a flaw in their business model and practices.
By Brent Eaton6 years ago in Journal
Big Cars and Bursting Bras
I see that both MI5 (Domestic Terrorism) and MI6 (Overseas Operations) are openly advertising for new recruits via the internet and broadsheet newspapers, in a break from the tradition of selecting their new intake from public schools and top universities. I guess that it had to happen; if you keep plumbing the depths of only certain institutions, you eventually get to the dregs, and who really wants our security safeguarded by second-raters?
By david layzelle6 years ago in Journal