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Making a Living Online (and Offline)
If you're reading this, then you are most likely fall into one of two categories: You are either curious and want to learn how to slowly start to make a living using social media; or you just want to see what rubbish I can come up with just waste your time.
By Celine Dior7 years ago in Journal
How to Stay Creative
Creativity is what makes the human mind. We are constantly finding new inspirations, be it on our way to work or school or even sitting in McDonald's, eating a big mac and staring out of the window. Finding that one thing that makes the connection spark is often something spontaneous. We forget that creativity is born from anything and everything and because of that we try too hard to find it, even when it's staring at us right in the face.
By Jee P7 years ago in Journal
Take Your Ideas for Blog Posts to the Next Level with This 10 Minute Technique
Do you struggle with ideas for blog posts? I know I do sometimes! Some days the titles and topics come pouring in faster than I can even write them down and I create 10+ drafts on my Evernote account.
By StephanieCristi7 years ago in Journal
Life as a Ballet Dancer
It’s always really awkward at family parties when that one aunt, who isn’t really your aunt, but you call your aunt just out of convenience, asks you what school you’ve decided on or what major you’ve chosen, and you have to tell her you haven’t done either. Instead, you’ve pursued your passion she thought you’d grow out of and now have a full-time job as a ballet dancer—something you’ve exhaustively trained and sacrificed much for. Yet, the most awkward part is when she responds with, “But what’s your actual job?”
By Isabella Phillips7 years ago in Journal
How to Increase Your Productivity?
Improving productivity is essentially important not just for work but other aspects of life too. Achieving great productivity helps in maintaining work life balance. There are three main reasons why people are not able to increase their productivity: lack of clear objective, lack of skills and disturbances. We will look solutions to tackle these issues.
By Parth Parekh7 years ago in Journal
Will I Be Ok After College?
It all started the day I graduated. Nerves were out of control, ESPECIALLY because of the nonstop "So what's after this?" question that way too many people ask recent grads. (Side note—never ask a graduate that UNLESS they for sure have a job) But there I was, done with my undergrad and off to the real world. The job search started a good two months before graduating and still nothing. I already had multiple internships under my belt but finding a job was a whole new struggle. Being a journalism major in broadcasting isn't like a normal job with a typical resume, you need a video reel with your very best work to catch the eye of any news director. I sent countless messages and links to different news stations across the US but only a handful responded. I decided to take matters into my own hands and network on LinkedIn. There I found a recruiter for all the Sinclair Broadcast companies who happened to graduate from my alma mater. I reached out with a link to my reel and asked him if he'd be able to give me any constructive criticism to make it better. He responded and said he'd be able to have an hour phone call to discuss his critiques.
By Celene Zavala7 years ago in Journal
A Story of Being Young and Dumb
How It All Began I grew up in a very loving and supportive home. My parents would always find activities for me in order to keep me busy. As a young kid I had a lot of energy. During most summers I would take swimming lessons. Every May, I would collaborate with my friends to make sure we all got into the same lesson times. Some of my greatest memories from growing up involved going to the pool with friends. As I grew up, I eventually needed a job. Because getting a job at 16 years old is not an easy task, I decided to become a swimming instructor for the woman I received lessons from. It was perfect! I was getting paid to be in a pool all day. As time went on all of my friends became instructors as well. Working with my friends through my teenage years and early twenties I have gathered a lot of wonderful, crazy, and downright stupid experiences that I will never forget for the rest of my life.
By James Kelly7 years ago in Journal
Communication
How often do we think about how well our communication skills are? Our communications skills are not always something we think about daily. We may think about them when we have a public speech to give, have an argument with someone and think how things could have been said different, or even when we are talking to our boss and they take what we say differently than how we meant it to be. These are times I know that I think about my communication skills.
By Kaylee Lundgren7 years ago in Journal
A Toys "R" Us Revival?
This past June, when the last Toys "R" Us stores closed, retail analysts—along with many, many "regular" people across the country—lamented what was the end of an era. There was a general consensus that this was not just another corporate bankruptcy. It was the death of American retail icon, one that had changed the toy industry and had been the "go-to" place for toys (until it wasn't)—more than any other major retail chain that had closed in recent years.
By David Wyld7 years ago in Journal
The Fear of Graduating
Like many others, the final day approaches where we walk across the stage and accept our degree. All those 4-5 hard earned years of tears, sweat, and probably more caffeine than necessary materializes into a piece of paper that further reinstates our tears, sweat, and current caffeine addiction. We are graduating and entering into society! A place with no more exams, no more endless hours of readings, no more cramming the night before, all of it gone!
By Kay L7 years ago in Journal
Creative: Stop Procrastinating. Top Story - October 2018.
Maybe it's vanity, pride, or an issue of self-confidence, but as a creative sometimes the hardest thing is to actually create.
By 'Toto' (Aleksina Teto)7 years ago in Journal
How Not to Leave Your Job
We may all sometimes have a fantasy—a dream—about how we will one day leave our jobs. Some picture having a big, catered party with their coworkers, ending in a crescendo of toasts/speeches that go on way too long and hopefully, a lovely parting gift from the company. Others, well, they hope to simply walk out into the night, hoping for no cake, no balloons, no fanfare. These dreams of leaving voluntarily—whether a few months from now, in a year or two, or in a few decades, ending in retirement and a gold watch (well, maybe a fake gold, good knock-off watch from TJ Maxx these days)—are generally of the pleasant variety.
By David Wyld7 years ago in Journal