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Modern popular culture topics in the Journal workplace sphere, such as corporate history, workplace advice, healthy office habits, and more.
Only the Story Matters
We now live in a world of political correctness, wokeness, ease of offense, virtue signaling and gaslighting... and this world is growing more and more poisonous to the one thing that relies solely on personal experience, perspective, and voice: the story. So, how does one stay true to one's voice without getting a target on one's back and hunted down by those who seek to destroy, divide, and ultimately silence our unique voices?
By Alan Mehanna5 years ago in Journal
SNAP
I run to my ornate, wooden front door looking for the perfect-sized box to arrive in the mail. I am excited to order new puzzles. When I see it, I tear the package open pouring the thousand or so pieces into the lid. Sometimes if the topic is exciting, I will put together a fifteen hundred or two-thousand- piece puzzle. My favorite puzzle is a one-thousand-piece Rainbow Brite puzzle from the Hallmark store. As an 80’s girl, Rainbow Brite was important to me as a child, and I still love her and collect her toys and things from my childhood. This puzzle resurrects the memories of her bringing color and light into my childhood.
By Jessica Mathews5 years ago in Journal
Please Don’t Call Your Jobs (Or Side Jobs) Hustles
If I may put on my grumpy old man hat for a moment we need to have a talk. I appreciate the ever evolving nature of our language as much as anyone. In fact I have written frequently about language including not one but two articles specifically on the topic of precision in language, and why it is so important. In those articles I go out of my way to note that language is not some static affair and that meanings of words do shift and change with time. I understand that the word hustle has somewhat recently come to be applied to just about anything someone does to make money. On the one hand I can appreciate the association of the word with work. It suggest an aggressive attitude, a let’s get it done quickly approach, etc. On the other hand it brings a lot of negative baggage along for the ride. First, it suggests a lack of seriousness about whatever endeavor it is being applied to describe. A hustle is more like a hobby that makes money then a job. Thus, like a hobby, one’s dedication to it might change in intensity over time. It is transient or temporary. As an example, just like collecting baseball cards used to be your passionate hobby, writing is your hobby now, but who knows what it might be next week? Why would I want to pay someone money if that is the attitude they take toward the job I am paying them to do? Even if writing really is a hobby for you, and you don’t really take it all that seriously, yet you have the temerity to expect people to pay you for it, why rub it in their face? A great question I surely would have no idea about.
By Everyday Junglist5 years ago in Journal
The Beauty of Turkish Dramas
There is something so beautiful about the unexpected. I was going through one of the darkest moments in my life. I had fallen into a deep depression in my second year of university. My parents and I decided it would be best if I withdrew from school and took the following semester off. I returned home and felt like a failure. Even though a myriad of people told me it was completely normal for university students to take time off, I was still devastated.
By Gabrielle Goldson 5 years ago in Journal
Bad Romance
In the Spring term of 2020 at community college, I took a Shakespeare course where our final essay compared his plays to modern media. While reading Romeo and Juliet, I realized many media forms echo similar themes. I compared it to the Twilight Saga, focusing on the concepts of lust at first sight and love triangles. Years later, this essay made me reflect on romance tropes in young adult media that I find the most uneasy. This overarching theme, often coupled with an irresistible pull of forbidden love, often present a suffocating, toxic idea of love. It feels as if the media has prescribed a certain kind of love, a certain kind of passion that ought to exist between two individuals. With little romantic experience myself, I found it difficult to align these idealized versions with real-life interactions. But before I get into this tangent, I have little to no experience in relationships of any kind and this is my blind and bias opinion on most of the popular books, shows and movies that I have either skimmed through or never brought myself to indulge in during my informative teen years.
By Asia Nichelle McCurdy5 years ago in Journal
Britain's Got (No) Talent. Top Story - June 2021.
Six years ago, I took a gap year. My plan was to eat an abundance of local delicacies, work a crazy job, get hammered with barefoot hippies and regularly wake up face first in a pool of my own vomit – I was, of course, moving back in with my parents in England.
By Billy Francis5 years ago in Journal
Oscar Man
Start writing... Early 90s. Ilayaraja was the uncrowned king. Bollywood bigwigs were watching the musician, who was composing more than twenty films a year, raise his eyebrows.Despite the new music and new background, there was an emptiness in the Tamil film industry. Mani Ratnam alias Mani Char, one of the best directors in Tamil, was looking for a new composer due to his resentment towards Ilayaraja.On the one hand, Vairamuthu, the emperor who bound the people of Tamil Nadu with his lines, left the music sage for the same reason. Thus Unable to write a song, Cactus Epic Man waited with worries about the future and a handful of words. At last that time also came.The only question everyone asked when Mani Ratnam's Roja movie poster came out was who is Raghuman? That's it. Composed for commercials Raghuman started composing music for the first film. Vairamuthu's waiting virgin Tamil broke the bonds and came out with the speed of the exiting forest and the thrilling love juice.At a time when new composers were coming and going, the song "New White Rain" proved to be Raghuman's winning horse. The story in every frame of Mani Ratnam Roja became a huge hit with its eloquence, Raghuman's music and Vairamuthu's songs. The three stood together and took a photo. That intimacy continues to this day Accumulated opportunities; Time was rewarding for over-ambition and endurance. Lots of pictures. Raghuman has set foot in the Hindi screen world.Subsequent hits. Rangeela gave Raghuman the biggest fan base in Hindi. Mani Ratnam was waiting with a new story in Tamil. The name is Bombay.Thus Raghuman joined hands with the leading directors of Tamil Nadu. To this end, his 1997 album Vande Mataram is still being murmured by youngsters.Village residence; City-centric story. Man, who is a part of the modern world, took Raghuman by the hand and took him to the wet land where saffron smells.It was rumored that Raghuman had a chance after the separation of his childhood friends Ilayaraja and Bharathiraja.I know western music and I know how to make music with the bells of cows.Bharathiraja's trademark image in the East. Raghuman tore up the gossips and hung up. Oscar Man ; In 2008, he composed and released the film Slumdog Millionaire, which won him the Oscar in 2009, the biggest award in the film industry. Soundtrack and "Jay Ho"The awards were presented for the song. Receiving the Oscar award, in Tamil as "All praise be to God"Listening to his words, the Tamil-speaking world sniffed him and made him happy. He won two Oscars and took India's fame to the pinnacle In addition, the film won the 2008 "Golden Globe "Awards and the "Papada" Awards. He is also the first Indian to receive this award.Album ; A.R. Raghuman has not only released films but also albums. In 1989, he released his debut album, Teen Music Evening. 1997,Vande Mataram, released in the year, took him to the pinnacle of fame. It also earned him a separate place in the minds of the fans. So far The non-cinema album released in India is said to be the highest selling in the music world. Then, India, Hong Kong, USA, Africa The album "Infinite Love" which was taken from countries with children has become a worldwide hit. He has composed albums like 'Jana Kana Mana', 'Ignited Minds', 'Maa Duje Salaam' (Hello Mom - in Tamil) and many more.Other Awards:Padma Bhushan, India's largest award Indira Gandhi National Unity Award.Padmasree Award Lawrence Oliver Award Tamil Nadu Film Award Malaysian Award Stanford University Special Award. Golden Globe Award Rural Award.With music, A.R. Raghuman. He has no one who is mesmerized by music Today, this music storm is the only music composer to have won more national awards in the whole of India.
By Zarinabanu Zarinabanu5 years ago in Journal
How Brand Slogans Would Change If They Suddenly Reveal True Intentions
When a new company is born, brand managers and decision-makers must develop a vision and mission statement that differentiates it from existing ones. The mission and vision usually outline global goals. They help build a reputation and make potential buyers believe that each small input has a huge global impact.
By Victoria Kurichenko5 years ago in Journal
Why Girlboss Feminists Make Us Nauseous
Not long ago, fitness influencer Grace Beverley (formerly known under the moniker GraceFitUk) released her highly anticipated debut book entitled Working Hard, Hardly Working: How to achieve more, stress less and feel fulfilled. The book claims to give insight into the productivity hacks and management strategies that launched Grace into the forefront of entrepreneurial success.
By Laquesha Bailey5 years ago in Journal
