humanity

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

Try Try Try
I love to write. I have always loved to write, as long as I could remember. It is a big part of myself. Ever since I could start to read I wanted to be an author. But along the years I started to lose myself. I tried different places to write and publish work and nothing gets read more. Though It may have been FanFiction and I was only a tween, I started to lose faith. Then a few partners of mine took writing away from me to a point I just didn't want to anymore.
By Shyan Apple5 years ago in Journal
How I Became the Managing Director of A Company at 23
I'd just gotten out of the surf and opened the door of my van when I could hear the faint rhythmic buzzing of ringing phone in the glovebox. I leaned over the front seat and fished through its messy contents until I grabbed my phone and answered.
By Ginsberg5 years ago in Journal
Anxiety Struggles
Writing has been in my blood since before I can remember. I have short stories that I had written back from when I was five or six years old, granted they barely make sense now, but even from a young age I loved writing and reading. Going through primary school and then on to high school, English was always my strongest subject and I would devour book after book. As I got older and gained more responsibilities, I read less but still tried to keep the imagination alive by thinking of short stories, characters and scenarios. Towards the end of year ten in 2002 at high school my direction and thoughts changed as I was leaning towards design in terms of architecture or interior design as a possible career path. This was all while working part time in a supermarket, and by year eleven I was barely keeping up with working part time and study. Making the decision to leave school in 2003 before half way was a tough decision. It was a decision my parents and I had talked about and that whatever decision I made, they would support me regardless.
By Ashleigh Holmes5 years ago in Journal
Thrifting for Good
I am the Thrifting Queen and I rose to my throne in the year of Our Lord 2000. This is the story of my ascension. I grew up in Egypt. On the streets of Cairo there were ambulant merchants who passed through nice neighborhoods. They bought high-quality, barely used items from the wealthy families and then pulled their carts over to the poor neighborhoods for resale. These scavenging middlemen would begin their day by leading their donkey carts through the streets of my Heliopolis – one of the ‘nice’ neighborhoods with trees – and call out “rubabecia” or becia, for short. This is not an Arabic word. It has Italian origin and it means ‘old items’.
By Asiya5 years ago in Journal
Covid-19 vaccination in Gibraltar: A success story for other countries to follow
Gibraltar is a small overseas British territory that has been hit by the Covid-19 virus and managed to implement a successful vaccination program.
By thepavsalford5 years ago in Journal
Minds Inside Minds
This is dedicated to my former Probation colleagues and all you fellow employees of the Criminal Justice System. If you don't fall into this category, but you love a crime drama, or you are fascinated by the inner workings of this agency and your interest is piqued, then you've arrived in just the right place to delve into this fascinating realm of 'minds within minds'.
By Sj Ross5 years ago in Journal
Let's Talk About Tips
A few years ago, I remember having a conversation on Twitter with a girl who’d monetized her Snapchat. This was long before Onlyfans existed, and I honestly don’t think she was posted Onlyfans material. When I asked her about it, she told me that you can monetize anything. The only thing I had that was of value was my writing, but people always tell you to give that away for free.
By Jade M.5 years ago in Journal
Where to Start?
The truth is, I have no idea how to write a story. Every time I try, it sounds like shit. Yet, here I am. Trying to write stories.
By Andrew Jake5 years ago in Journal
Start
It was 1884, in Dover Delaware. Ella Mae Cash, forty-two, and Reno Willard, fifty-three, were playing dominoes at Willard’s tavern. Willard had brought the Merlot, and was pouring Ella Mae a glass when she remarked,“It’s finally Juneteenth,” she smiled before taking a sip of the red wine.
By Skyler Saunders5 years ago in Journal
THE END OF AN ERA?
I've been fortunate enough to be involved in the film industry for the good part of 17 years. This journey has given me a deep understanding of what goes on behind the scenes and, in some way, a good understanding of the inner workings of the film industry itself. I've witnessed many changes in my short 34 years of existence but none that have really affected me personally to the extent that the film industry has. I fear that the nostalgia we feel for 'classics' may cease to exist for future generations, in movies created today, by the overuse of CGI, cash grabs and political correctness.
By Matthew Scully5 years ago in Journal
What It's Really Like Being Furloughed
I was working for a Southern-based sports and outdoors retailer when the first cases of Covid-19 were reported. I didn’t understand much about the virus at the time, but it soon became clear that the virus was going to personally impact me soon. The news said to stay home if you didn’t need to be out, and many people did. There were restrictions put on how you could shop, and many businesses were closed or closing. Some people were opting to wear masks, but our state had yet to mandate them.
By Jade M.5 years ago in Journal
Growing With Covid
In the light of everything looking brighter - a glimpse of summer, an intentioned end in sight and successful vaccination roll out we’re looking closer towards the end of the pandemic, with Chris Whitty saying we will be treating coronavirus like the flu with no more lockdowns, I've been thinking about the impacts that continuous and lengthy lockdowns had on us all, especially on those living their most fragile and the influential years during them.
By Amelie Overton5 years ago in Journal