humanity
The real lives of businessmen, professionals, the everyday man, stay at home parent, healthy lifestyle influencers, and general feel good human stories.
Keeping On A Positive Path
Introduction I often see things or behavior that grates on me in the Facebook groups and think "I should write about that or call that out" but then realize that it just makes me a bit whiney and as bad as the people that I would be calling out.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 months ago in Journal
The Side of Canada’s Refugee System We Ignore
I had heard stories before. People coming to Canada on fake documents, making refugee claims at the airport and finding ways to stay in the country. It is not exactly an unknown issue. But hearing about something from a distance is very different from watching it happen in front of you.
By Parvinder Nagra3 months ago in Journal
The Bill for Her Choice
Four years is long enough to develop a working understanding of someone without necessarily becoming close. That's what I had with my roommate Clara — not a friendship exactly, but something functional and comfortable. We'd found an equilibrium that suited both our lives, which is rarer than it sounds when you're sharing a flat in a city where solo living is something you plan toward rather than assume.
By Bertyl Kently3 months ago in Journal
What He Did With It
There is a particular kind of tired that comes from spending a full day being pleasant to people you don't know well. Not hostile — just not yours. You say the right things, you laugh at the right moments, you make the effort because you love someone and their people are part of the deal. By the end of nine hours of it, the tiredness sits somewhere behind your eyes.
By Bertyl Kently4 months ago in Journal
Turning Pages, Then and Now
I think you guys can tell by the amount that I read each month that I love a good book. They help me to explore new worlds and people and expand my imagination and creativity. However, I never really discussed my reading preferences before.
By J. Davis Mallory4 months ago in Journal
Nobody’s Business
Grocery shopping with a four-year-old and an eighteen-month-old is its own particular exercise in managed chaos. There's the cart situation, first of all — who sits where, who wants to stand on the side, who has decided that today is the day they express opinions about what goes in the basket. By the time you reach the checkout line you've already made approximately forty small decisions and you're operating on the reserves.
By Bertyl Kently4 months ago in Journal
The One Thing I Asked
I said it clearly. That's what I keep coming back to. It had been a long shift — the kind that compresses you, that leaves you walking home with your shoulders somewhere around your ears and your capacity for conversation somewhere considerably lower. My boyfriend was away visiting his family, and I'd invited my friend Cara over for a sleepover, something we'd been trying to arrange for weeks. We're both busy in the way that early twenties busy tends to be: irregular hours, limited overlap, the friendship maintained more through intention than through actual time together. When she arrived I was already flagging, but glad to see her.
By Bertyl Kently4 months ago in Journal
The Lost Art of Being a Beginner
There was a time when being the new guy was almost a rite of passage. Nobody expected you to know everything on your first day. You asked questions because you were supposed to. You made mistakes because everyone did. You listened to the people who had been there longer than you and, little by little, you earned their trust. It was rarely glamorous and it certainly was not easy, but every experienced employee had one thing in common. At some point, they had all been beginners.
By Megan Janousek4 months ago in Journal
