Journal

growth, then decay, then transformation. Top Story - September 2026.

Yes, the title is a Breaking Bad reference. Sue me. Hello, Vocal family! It’s been a couple of months—well, half a year, actually—since I’ve written anything on here, but I’ve finally found my way back. I’ve missed this community so much, and I just wanted to write a quick little piece before I jump back into writing and reading and talking with you all again :)

The Footprints We Leave Behind and What We Keep. Top Story - June 2026.

“'Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane Don't know when I'll be back again Oh, baby, I hate to go.” - John Denver As I played Tetris with the luggage, I could feel emotions bubbling to the surface. Fitting my wife's accessibility devices and the luggage for four adults into the back of the rental car became a welcome distraction from the reality that the time to say “Goodbye” was approaching far too quickly. As each piece found its place, that reality closed in.

I Am Not Writing For You. Top Story - June 2026.

I’m not writing for you. Or anyone else, for that matter. I am writing for myself. If someone happens to find me in the sea of voices and egos, and realises they are not alone, they are seen and understood; then, that is a bonus.

The Side Hustle I Thought Would Change My Life. Top Story - May 2026.

Decisions to Make The hardest part of writing this, since I knew ahead of time that I wanted to write it, was trying to decide which side hustle to write about. Yes, there were several over the last many years. So, I’ve chosen not to write this about just one and instead to just give you some of the examples that I’ve come across and left. I truly thought each of them was going to change my life and my financial situation. I was wrong.

Us vs A.I.. Top Story - May 2026.

The world has certainly changed a lot hasn’t it? We’re living in a day in age where life is moving at a digital pace. We literally do everything online and in the palm of our hands, do we not? I mean, we don’t just interact with each other by means of social media platforms all on our mobile devices, all of which is done digitally, we also have learned to generate income in this technologically advanced modern society. With all the new pathways that have been opened thanks to modern technology, we have also inadvertently created a society where mankind is becoming obsolete against the machine of technology. In comes Artificial intelligence.

Is The US Post Office Going Broke. Top Story - May 2026.

I remember hearing it as a kid, the old saying went, "Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail, nothing can stop the United States Mail." I suppose it was shortened to make it rhyme, but the unofficial creed of the postal worker was different.

How do you do it?. Top Story - April 2026. Content Warning.

Sitting watching the world go by there's a seclusion that goes alongside being mentally ill. You are either ridiculed and feared or pitied by those that down have all the facts, from my side I don't understand any of it,people, the planet,so-called humanity that would allow even encourage the denegration and distruction of another. We set ourselves up as better than animals because we have the ability to choose and yet of every species on the planet we are the only ones that kill for fun. Wether it is pushing someone with Complex PTSD to murder or suicide and then decrying their actions either way as cowardice and destructiveness. I see so many posts about people being pushed to a point of retalliation whilst the one responsible for the reaction plays victim and pleads bullying or victimisation,they then recruit others to their cause,that fearing the unknown take on a version from an outsiders perspective and make life unbearable.

Sid. Top Story - April 2026.

How long must one be dead before they’re considered an ancestor? This is the question I’ve been sitting with since yesterday.

The “Madness” of Brother Xun

Your Company's Memory Is Moving Into AI, and Someone Has to Own It

A Severance and a Smile

Vladimir Krull on AI Interior Design and Whether It Can Replace a Designer

A Beginner's Guide to Afrobohemian Home Decor by Vladimir Krull

Maximalism Done Right with Vladimir Krull's Rules for Bold Rooms

AI SDRs Cost $1 a Lead or $3,750 a Month. Humans Still Close the Deal.. AI-Generated.

The Aircon Gave Up on the First Hot Day, Three Weeks Before We Drove to the Coast. AI-Generated.