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Navigating the Wonderful World of 'Work from Home' Opportunities
First off, I would like to say that I realise everyone's experiences, morals, backgrounds, and lifestyles are going to affect what they are looking for in a work from home opportunity, the goal of this is not to criticise, but to encourage thinking.
By Ellie Barker8 years ago in Journal
I'm Not A Writer
What are we? We’re storytellers. Okay, okay, I get it, please don’t groan! Just hear me out for a second. As storytellers, we don’t write blankly without reason. We don’t write for the sake of being seen by a few eyeballs, or for the ticking of views on a status bar. The art of writing is so much more complex than that. We write to tell stories, to captivate people, to make people feel something they hadn’t before. Sure, a writer knows how to put words together on a page, but a storyteller knows how to spur an emotional reaction with those words.
By Austin Fisher8 years ago in Journal
My Adventures as a Pizza Delivery Driver
The overturn ratio in the pizza business, as far as the delivery drivers are concerned, is an excessive amount of people who come and go at work. How well do you think you know your co-workers? All of the delivery drivers at work, when we are scheduled to work, we usually see one another on a daily basis. Some of the delivery drivers have been delivering pizzas for several years, and some of the delivery drivers are only there for a short period of time.
By Rhonda Farley8 years ago in Journal
Why It's Never Too Late to Start Again
Life is full of ups and downs for each and every one of us. There's no escaping it. I'm not sure I've ever met anyone whose life has gone exactly the way they planned. We can all dream about the way we want things to pan out, but in reality, more often than not, we find ourselves resorting to plan B or C or D when it all hits the fan. That's life, isn't it?
By Janine Agombar8 years ago in Journal
Becoming Wilder
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do, with your one wild and precious life?”-Mary Oliver, “The Summer Day” This question is one that I have been asked (albeit prosaically, tinged with skepticism and something more along the lines of “so what do you plan to do with that Visual Communication degree?”) by countless adults, and I have always nervously replied with “graphic design?”—until today.
By Savannah Robar8 years ago in Journal
Aspiration, Perspiration, Resignation
It has been, for the last 10 years, a source of pride to say that I have worked for some of the world's biggest and best companies in engineering, heavy/oversized engineering, construction and utilities. I've been well paid, travelled to cities and countries I'd never planned to see, and experienced interesting and challenging projects on five continents.
By Mark Williams8 years ago in Journal
How To Become a Real Estate Agent: Factors To Consider
A real estate agent’s responsibilities are many, and contrary to what people see on the surface, it is quite an involving and competitive industry that needs people who approach their work with a passion. Of course, you do not require a graduate degree to become an agent, but it is imperative that you attend a school offering real estate training and pass the exam offered by the state.
By Andrea Dawson8 years ago in Journal
What It's Like to Be a Ballerina
To be a ballerina, is in fact, a real job... "What?! You mean you get paid to wear tutus and dance around? Sign me up!!" Oh, if it were only that simple. Funny, but during my shower last night, where I think my most pensive thoughts, I realized that there are three different reactions that I receive when I tell people that I am a ballerina.
By Madison Ewing8 years ago in Journal
The Journey Back To Work
There is a remark I once heard years ago. I was nearly twenty years old. I had been unemployed for just over six months. Almost a year before that I had been working in a care home as a Care Assistant and I loved it but an accident led to having to take six weeks off of work and I was let go. I was also in the early stages of pregnancy and despite looking for work caught between recovering and being pregnant no one wanted to hire me so I was enrolled in a six-week course to give me extra help in finding work. Upon finding out I was pregnant one of the trainers informed me that I would find it the hardest of everyone there to find work and that it would never be easy for me. At that point in time, I did wonder if this was purely down to the fact I was pregnant at such a young age or due to my appearance at the time combined with such.
By Rhiannon Watcher8 years ago in Journal
Are You a Fiddling Grasshopper?
It’s been 546 days since I last posted a Grasshopperism and the first time I’ve posted one on Vocal. I stopped posting them because I felt it important to live what I was writing about. To not actually live what I believed seemed wrong, so I wanted to test my thoughts. When I began writing about The Fiddling Grasshopper, I very much felt as though I had recognized something in myself and in other people that was a very unique and wonderful state we could all be in. Each of the 21 Grasshopperisms I wrote and posted described what being a Fiddling Grasshopper meant and is. But I still had a lot of questions, and so I felt it very important to go out and live what I believed.
By Gentry Bronson8 years ago in Journal
