humanity
The real lives of businessmen, professionals, the everyday man, stay at home parent, healthy lifestyle influencers, and general feel good human stories.
The Syracuse Rideshare Delivery Logs (Pt. 1)
Syracuse, New York. Home to roughly 900,000 human lives as of 2019. Home. That is, in my case, the starting line. I don't intend to stay, as few people do when they get older and realize how much more there is just over the horizon. "Salt City," they used to call it, for its historical significance as a salt mining town amidst the industrial revolution, with the Erie Canal and railway networks lain here weaving the modern State of New York together.
By William Grendel7 years ago in Journal
What Do You Do When You Feel Powerless?
It's an exciting thing when you first put the badge on and take the oath to defend and protect. Your family is standing there, along with your chief and any others he has invited. Your significant other, or child or even a parent hold the bible and you take your oath. There is nothing that really compares except marriage or the birth of your children. You also know that you have entered a field that is wrought with danger, and stress but also reward. You do not become a police officer for the money, you do it for a need or a want to help. You do it because you feel a calling from a higher power to do what needs to be done and protect the sheep. You are the sheepdog! If you don't, leave the field now because you are giving the ones that do it for the right reasons a bad name.
By Bradley Perry7 years ago in Journal
Stress and the Human Resources Professional
For many employees who work in the field of Human Resources (HR), it could be the day when an employee is discharged for misconduct, an applicant files a formal complaint for not getting the job he feels he deserves, or the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sends a Charge of Discrimination on behalf of a disgruntled former employee.
By Daisy Rowley7 years ago in Journal
Oops...
Well, I did it again. I quit another job...I don’t know if it’s bad that it gets easier for me every time. I’m not proud to say this but I’ve mastered my resignation template! I send the same one to almost every failed employer. Doing this always makes me really anxious. I feel a pit in the bottom of my stomach, my palms are sweaty and my breathing is unsteady but what I do know for sure is that all of this discomfort combined feels way better than forcing myself out of bed into another place that I completely despise.
By Kendra Bennett7 years ago in Journal
Things You Taught Me
Why don’t you get a real job?!" I’m asked as I walk into my grandparents house late for dinner. My hair is pulled back into a messy bun still soaking wet from the five minute shower I rushed through. “Why are your hands covered in scratches”?! "You look a mess!" I try to cover these marks up before handing out to my grandmothers, it always used to upset her or anyone else that saw me. The scratches are no match for my bruised legs. My eyes move down towards the ground and I say “tough day at work” I go back to looking at my phone waiting for my mother to arrive at my grandmothers house as well. Tonight we are celebrating a birthday and I so badly wanted to skip it, but family is family.
By Amanda DeGrasse7 years ago in Journal
Millennials
What’s wrong with our generation? Why are we looked down at? Why do older people think they’re so much better than us and we won’t succeed? What makes adults look at us and cringe? Maybe let out a comment, “Ugh! such a millennial!” Are we really doing something wrong? Will we really not succeed?
By Shterna Botnick7 years ago in Journal
Yes, Sometimes Real Leaders Do Clean Toilets
As a management consultant and professor, one of the biggest "pet peeves" I have is what I call the "hands-off manager." In all likelihood, you have had the misfortune of working for a boss who was just such a manager at some point in your career. For that, I am sorry, as for as much as we talk about the concept of servant leadership, many mangers just don't—or won't—embrace what that concept really means!
By David Wyld7 years ago in Journal
23 & As Lost As Can Be...
Working hard is not the problem. Hell, working hard is all I’ve ever known. I grew up incredibly poor. My mother worked full time. My father was not able to work due to a disability, resulting in a low monthly stipend from the government. Needless to say, I’ve always known that working hard was something that would always exist in my life.
By Kendra Bennett7 years ago in Journal
