humanity

The real lives of businessmen, professionals, the everyday man, stay at home parent, healthy lifestyle influencers, and general feel good human stories.

Dreaming of Ordering Fried Chicken and Never Receiving It
My dream last night was fragmented. It danced around several different places and themes. It didn't have a linear narrative structure. I'll try to tell you the bits and pieces I do remember.
By Andrea Lawrence4 years ago in Journal
Let's Talk About The Burnout Syndrome
Now, more than ever, the professional side has a strong impact on personal life. The sustained effort that you dedicate to the effort to evolve professionally as much as possible or to maintain a certain balance between the professional and the personal life puts its imprint on your physical and mental state.
By Sharon Fasbender4 years ago in Journal
Remarkably Real
Remarkably Real Growing up I looked at adults in awestruck admiration. It was in the way they walked and did their things. There was this freedom in their stance that drew me to want for a time when I too was like them. Like many, the words " when I grow up I want to be..." was ever so present on my lips and ever changing too.
By Desoba4 years ago in Journal
Chasm
I'm staring at this computer with a keyboard filled with all the letters of the alphabet, numbers, figures, signs, and punctuation marks. Countless ways to express my heart, and I can't find the words. I have an endless supply before me and nothing to say. I've tried stories, poems, letters, but nothing works. What words could adequately express what I'm feeling? I'm not sure I know it myself. And maybe that's the problem. It's not that I can't put words to it, but I'm not sure what medium is best to truly describe it and capture its essence.
By Aubrey Berry4 years ago in Journal
No Longer Writing in My Parents' Basement
"I think I want to quit my job,” I said to my parents, while 1,245 miles away from my job. They looked at me, careful not to say too much, so I heard nothing. In my mind I’m wondering how to articulate that yes, quitting my job during a time when so many can’t find work, losing my health insurance during a global pandemic is a tremendous risk, but staying put is riskier. I don’t say that. Instead I say something like, “I’ve been having to spend a lot of time alone and when I’m able to quiet my mind, I feel everything around me telling me it’s time to go.” Yikes, did that make sense? How do I tell my parents that when I was sick for a month and couldn’t see friends, couldn’t make any human contact, I connected with the trees I could see from my balcony? How do I tell them I spent my summer alone watching the birds and noticing how they fly with no map? Does this sound crazy? Have I accidentally gone mad?
By Casey4 years ago in Journal
I’m Too Much of a Hobbit to Be an Influencer. Top Story - December 2021.
I love reading and writing with my whole heart. My goal is to one day make a true living doing exactly what I love. However, that goal ends there. I still want to be surrounded by my loved ones, and deeply enjoy living our plain, unassuming lives. I've been thinking considerably about the reasons I want to write, and enjoy the writing process in the first place. What motivates me? What propels me forward? Why do I write?
By E.L. Martin4 years ago in Journal
Separation, Disease, Tests
My friends were in this dream. Many of my friends were from college. There was something happening that was disturbing me. My friends were divided. One group sat in a corner. I was with the other group in the center. I believe we were in a lunchroom. We were sitting on benches.
By Andrea Lawrence4 years ago in Journal
My Christmas Tree
The fireplace is glowing as I am writing this, keeping me warm while the cold wind howls and blows snow around outside. The candles throughout the house cast a warm glow. Our entire home is decorated for the holidays.
By J. Delaney-Howe4 years ago in Journal
How We Aged 16 Years During COVID
I have a theory. The pandemic has aged us, and not just in the way we might immediately think. Yes, we’re tired and we might have to dig deeper to find compassion and kindheartedness, but I think we collectively grew from babies to teenagers in 2020 and 2021. And here’s what I’m talking about.
By Catherine Kenwell4 years ago in Journal
Writing as Therapy
Someone once said creative writing is like iodine to a wound. It cuts like a knife, but the pain is temporary. The end result is a healed wound. Perhaps this fact could increase the number of people who use writing as therapy, and decrease the number of suicides and mentally ill in the world. It has helped me and many others that I have read of, and I feel it is a very helpful and safe way of releasing tensions.
By AddictedInsomniac4 years ago in Journal
Merry Fitmas?
Its been a long day, without you my friend. I wanna tell you all about it, now that we’re together again. FIRST!! May I give a shoutout to Wiz Khalifa? Will he see this? Probably Not!! If he does, will he find what I did to his track, the one dedicated to the tragic loss of the world’s most famous franchise member, even more so, one of the world’s most awesome humans, Paul Walker, very entertaining? Ehh…. Never mind that, I am certainly excited. WHY? Because this past weekend, smack in the middle of the journey to Christmas 2021, I received a truly great early gift.
By Erik DeSean Barrett4 years ago in Journal
Thousands of Australians take to the streets in protest of COVID-19 measures
Thousands of people marched to the streets of Australia on Saturday to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates, while smaller crowds rallied in favour of the policies that have helped Australia become one of the world's most immunized countries.
By Grecu Daniel Cristian4 years ago in Journal