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Best corporate culture and workplace literature to better your workplace experience. Journal's favorite stories.
The Year of the Snake: Celebrating Chinese New Year 2025
Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, is one of the most significant and widely celebrated holidays in the world. With its rich traditions, vibrant festivities, and deep cultural roots, it marks the beginning of a new year according to the Chinese lunar calendar. In 2025, the Chinese New Year will usher in the Year of the Snake, a symbol of wisdom, intuition, and transformation.
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Medusa's Symbolism: A Reflection on Gender Roles
Despite being one of Greek mythology's most infamous monsters, Medusa's story has always been unique. As one of the fiercest predators in the genre, she might have survived the storms of time. However, the story can be interpreted through a feminist lens. Medusa was more of the prey than the predator. As a follower of the goddess Athena, Medusa made a vow to live chastely, but when Poseidon sexually assaulted her in the temple, that plan fell apart. To put it briefly, the goddess of war did not find the Greek god Poseidon's seduction of a lovely young woman in Athena's temple endearing. Another version tells a darker story in which the god of the sea pursues the innocent woman violently against her will. She rushes across Athens, desperate to get away from her conqueror.
By Hridya Sharmaabout a year ago in Journal
Flexible Work-at-Home Careers: Best Jobs for Stay-at-Home Moms
Flexible Work-from-Home Careers: Top Careers for Stay-at-Home Moms The struggle between work and home life is something as old as time itself, and for moms, it can seem like an endless juggling act — trying to be there for your kids while still making ends meet. However, working in-home and flexible jobs are a great way to earn money without sacrificing family time.
By Kalpesh Vasavaabout a year ago in Journal
From the Valley to the Top
From the Valley to the Top: A Deeper Journey The journey begins in the quiet depths of the valley, where the air is thick with the scent of earth and the whispers of history. The valley, with its winding paths and shaded nooks, feels like a world unto itself. It is a place of shelter, of rest, where the weight of the world can feel momentarily forgotten. But even here, in its serene embrace, the call to rise can be heard.
By Oluwatosin Adesobaabout a year ago in Journal
English Composition II
Hi, My name is Luidji and I've created my voice profile in accordance with my 1st assignment in my English Composition II course. I find this interesting as technology and online communication platforms are advancing how schoolwork is done. I call in advancement because the speed at which we can convey a message or completion of an assignment is very efficient. However, there is still a great need for direct communication in order to workout the wrinkles in the process, as both students and professors face the same adjustment obstacles in getting familiar with these new platforms.
By Luidji Breauxabout a year ago in Journal
Pip Quirkwright and the Symphony of the Windstorm
In the heart of Oddsville, a village where peculiarities were as common as dandelions in spring, lived a curious inventor named Pip Quirkwright. Pip, with wild, unkempt hair that often seemed to have a life of its own, and a wardrobe filled with mismatched fabrics and forgotten trinkets, was a walking contradiction. Though everyone in Oddsville had some quirk, whether it was the baker who could make pastries sing or the librarian who could rearrange books by simply thinking about it, Pip's oddity was the most eccentric of all—creating gadgets from ordinary objects, transforming them into strange, sometimes nonsensical contraptions.
By QuirkTalesabout a year ago in Journal
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2025: Honoring a Legacy of Equality and Justice
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, observed on January 20, 2025, is a time to reflect on the life, vision, and enduring legacy of one of America’s greatest civil rights leaders. As we commemorate this federal holiday, it is essential to remember Dr. King’s tireless efforts to promote equality, justice, and nonviolence during a tumultuous period in American history.
By Omasanjuwa Ogharandukunabout a year ago in Journal
Why Urgency Culture Steals Your Time: Recognize the Signs
Urgency culture makes it difficult to distinguish between what is and is not important in a world that is becoming more fast-paced and hyperconnected and rewards immediacy. Dealing with many last-minute requests, unreasonable workloads or deadlines, and the need to be reachable even after hours are all examples of this at work. Overextending in relationships, constantly checking social media for updates out of a fear of missing out, and answering calls and texts right away—even when it's inconvenient—are examples of urgency culture in the personal sphere. We can better understand why so many people report having anxiety and worry issues if we consider the idea that we live in a culture of urgency.
By Hridya Sharmaabout a year ago in Journal
Unmasking the Silent Enemy: 4 Visible Signs of Fatty Liver You Should Never Ignore. Content Warning. AI-Generated.
Introduction In today’s fast-paced world, where unhealthy diets and sedentary lifestyles dominate, the silent progression of fatty liver disease (FLD) has become a significant health concern. Often unnoticed until it’s too late, fatty liver can quietly lead to severe liver damage if left untreated. While many cases remain asymptomatic, the body sometimes displays visible signs that act as early warning indicators. Recognizing these signs can be the key to timely diagnosis and treatment, potentially saving lives.
By Awinash Pathakabout a year ago in Journal
My fresh new Goal for 2025
The beginning of another year is continuously overflowing with guarantee—an opportunity to begin once more, think beyond practical boundaries, and put forth aggressive objectives. For 2025, my goal revolves around an imaginative task that has waited for me for a really long time but never completely emerged. This is still up in the air to compose and distribute a far-reaching book on manageable development works on, mixing my mastery as a structural designer with my enthusiasm for composing.
By Mirza Afzal Baigabout a year ago in Journal
What if God is All?. AI-Generated.
Imagine a scenario in which God is All. Envision a Divine being not as a solitary, human being but as the actual texture of presence — a vast, nebulous embodiment that infests all things. Imagine a scenario where God is the energy flowing through the underlying foundations of old trees, the liquid effortlessness of seas, the complex dance of bugs, the heaviness of earth underneath our feet, the imperceptible murmur of air, and the immense span of the skies above. God should have been visible not as isolated from creation but rather as creation itself: a widespread cognizance, that the entirety of all that exists, has existed or will exist.
By Bongani Mahlanguabout a year ago in Journal
