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The real lives of businessmen, professionals, the everyday man, stay at home parent, healthy lifestyle influencers, and general feel good human stories.
How Can We Judge a Life We've Never Had to Live?
Lately, I’ve realized that movies have been affecting me in ways I never expected. Not in a bad way. They don’t make me lose touch with reality or influence me negatively. If anything, they’ve been opening something up inside me. They’ve been changing the way I look at people, situations, and the stories hidden beneath the surface.
By Bella Anderson5 months ago in Journal
Weakness Disguised as Power
One of the greatest lies in our culture is the belief that abusive people are powerful. They are not. Predatory individuals who exploit, manipulate, terrorize, deceive, and consume others can more accurately be described as weak, frail, and pathetic. Beneath the mask of confidence, superiority, charm, intimidation, or aggression often lies a desperate lack of character and an inability to generate genuine strength from within.
By THE HONED CRONE5 months ago in Journal
Ten Actual Cases of Social Reckoning That Destroyed the Internet
A social reckoning happens when behavior, actions, or decisions that were once ignored or hidden suddenly become public knowledge and face widespread judgment. This process has become significantly faster, noisier, and more intense in the digital age. What used to take weeks or months to appear in traditional media can now appear online in just a few hours. One viral post, video, or thread can trigger global conversations that force individuals, companies, and institutions to respond immediately.
By Raviha Imran5 months ago in Journal
What Gets Thrown Away. AI-Generated.
Growing up, you didn't waste food in our house. That wasn't a philosophy anyone articulated — it was just the atmosphere, the same way certain things become true in families without ever being said aloud. You took what you could finish. If your eyes were bigger than your stomach, you heard about it. By the time I was old enough to host dinners of my own, the instinct was so deep it had stopped feeling like a rule and started feeling like who I am.
By Bertyl Kently5 months ago in Journal
What If My Partner Doesn't Support My Career Goals? Dealing With Unsupportive Relationships.
You have a professional vision that excites and drives you. Your partner, however, seems indifferent, dismissive, or actively unsupportive of that vision. Perhaps they minimize your ambitions, complain about your work hours, fail to celebrate your achievements, or openly discourage the goals that matter most to you. This experience is more common than it is discussed — and it has the potential to be quietly devastating to both your career and your sense of self.
By Wilson Igbasi5 months ago in Journal
Recovery Resources for Toxic Job Survivors: A Practical Healing Guide.
Leaving a toxic job is not the end of the journey — for many people, it is only the beginning of recovery. The psychological damage inflicted by narcissistic managers and toxic workplace cultures can linger for months or years: eroded self-confidence, hypervigilance, difficulty trusting new employers, and sometimes full-blown post-traumatic stress responses.
By Wilson Igbasi5 months ago in Journal
Recovery Resources for Toxic Job Survivors: A Practical Healing Guide.
Leaving a toxic job is not the end of the journey — for many people, it is only the beginning of recovery. The psychological damage inflicted by narcissistic managers and toxic workplace cultures can linger for months or years: eroded self-confidence, hypervigilance, difficulty trusting new employers, and sometimes full-blown post-traumatic stress responses.
By Wilson Igbasi5 months ago in Journal
Another Day in Montréal...
It all started on a bus. It was a beautiful day, and I had already done my run in and by the local track. I knew that I had a private class to teach online in the evening - along with preparing for two new contracts starting later this month - so I could enjoy my time before staring at a computer screen for ninety minutes. I also had just finished Molly Crabapple's 'Drawing Blood', a memoir of her life as an artist and thorn in the side of the establishment. I was feeling as though I had not done enough of my own work, despite writing both here and on another page about film, poetry and the world of contests and awards, and my own letters home to my mom. So I was not prepared for the trip to the library that gave me a feeling this would not be a regular day.
By Kendall Defoe 5 months ago in Journal
