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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
Inside the Mind of a Writer
As of now, I'm a 29-year-old writer. What do I write? How do I get there? Well, that's a good question. Sometimes, I don't know either. The only thing I do know is that I have spent years writing, either online, or on MS Word. If you do write, I'm sure there are mediums that you use. I use the medium Wattpad. Bottom line is: I enjoy it. I find that I can empty my mind the more I pour into a page. However, my mind continuously fills up, which is why, no matter what stage of a novel my previous work is at, I always start a new one. That may sound inefficient, but I at least like to have a direction, then forget what I wanted to write completely.
By Alicia Sleyster Schmidt7 years ago in Journal
You Model? Really?
I am a model. I have been doing it since 2012 but that is not what I tell people. I don't tell people I am a model. Why do you think that is? Is it because I don't want to be judged? Is it because I am scared of what people say? The reason is none of those things. It is because once I tell people I am a model questions fly in their heads. I am then labeled as that model girl. The questions tend to be all the same. How are you a model your not that tall? How are you a model you have tattoos? How are you a model they are thin? How are you a model you have flaws? I get instantly observed and looked at. Yes, I am short and yes I have things a typical model doesn't and why is that? That is because the "normal model" are all skinny, tall, exotic, long legs, and interesting. That is the type of model society makes us think about. Not models like me.
By Stephanie Straka7 years ago in Journal
My Life in Vape
My Professional Life and Where I Want It To Go I don't have a formal education. I never had the patience to make it all the way through college and that is a bit of a sore spot for me at my age. My sister, mother and father all have various degrees, yet my highest completed educational goal was high school. I am 34 years old and I finally found an industry that I want to be in and work for, being the vape industry.
By Eric Wilkerson7 years ago in Journal
Why I'll Never Work in a Restaurant Again
Before I start this, I want to put out a full disclosure. I am by no means trying to upset or insult anyone who works in the restaurant industry. I know plenty of close friends who absolutely love their job and have turned it into a passionate career. This is merely an opinion that should be taken with a grain of salt. For me, working at a restaurant was not a career path to follow. My views are being shared for another perspective, one that rarely gets spoken about. While a lot of people enjoy this job, I also know people who have hated it as well as some who are unaware of the struggles jobs like this have.
By Ashlyn Harper7 years ago in Journal
Passion
"One day I'm going to become an author." That's what I used to tell everyone when I was going through the fourth grade. The big plan. Well, write a bunch of really cool books and be the next J. K. Rowling or Anne Rice or something. This dream stuck with me all my years, and as time passed it became every more desirable.
By Melinda Dawson7 years ago in Journal
Becoming Your Own Boss from the Comfort of Your Studio Apartment
For as long as I could remember, I loved mentoring and tutoring people. It didn’t matter to me what age group they belonged to, what socio-economic class they came from, or how much they were willing to pay me per hour.
By Paulina Pachel7 years ago in Journal
Post-Grad Depression and Social Media: Let's Talk About It
Graduate life is a bit of a free-fall. Most of our lives are thoroughly structured through education up until the point we get put in those robes and the camera flash goes off. Of course, there will be a few of us who managed to secure graduate jobs prior to being unleashed into the wild; however that can't be the case for all of us, and it certainly wasn't the case for me.
By Letitia Payne7 years ago in Journal
What Happens When the Bottom Drops Out?
In 2001, I went back to school to be a paralegal. I won’t bore you about how old I was then, but I had had Latin in high school around the time of the dinosaurs so I was one-up on the other students. Actually, I was two-up; most of them were fresh out of high school and still floundering. The school was interesting, to say the least. My teacher, a recently disbarred attorney (whose idea was that?), kept telling the others they could go on and be an attorney, but not me; she said that I was too old for that.
By Carol Tietsworth7 years ago in Journal
