humanity
The real lives of businessmen, professionals, the everyday man, stay at home parent, healthy lifestyle influencers, and general feel good human stories.
So Apart from Long Life, Smiles Also Boost Tourism!
How do you react when you see two photos of one person smiling while the other frowns? Which will really draw you in? It's clear that a smile will attract you, because a smile is very contagious, friendly, and helpful. At first glance, smiles are good; others are fake and some are just for business—that's all!
Osei AgyemangPublished 5 years ago in JournalWhat Countries Have the Most Vacation Days?
Ever think about how your home country compares to other countries? Do you get enough vacation days? Are you tired? Overworked? In need of a break? Take a look and see if you are getting vacation days... and how many days other countries get compared to you. This list is in order from most vacation days to the least amount of vacation days. The truth might surprise you—chances are that you aren't getting enough vacation days.
Why Do We Work?
Let's start by putting things in perspective. "In our lifetimes, each one of us will spend the majority of the time we have on Earth doing one of two things: sleeping (26 years) and working (13 years)."
Ahmed SamiPublished 5 years ago in JournalLooking at the Love Elements of the Script
Wow, here we are at post four in my ongoing analysis of what makes a good script, ahead of attending LSF 2020. This time we are going to look at not only what makes a good love element, but also why we even need a love element in the first place.
david layzellePublished 5 years ago in JournalSide Hustle with Teespring
A journey, a downright determination more like it, to jump start the so called side hustle of online T-shirt design and sales.
First and Last Day
So there I was, after five hours of standing at the front of a restaurant, after seating rude civilians and dealing with disgruntled waiters. I was the new hostess at a strictly run, “VERY professional” restaurant, fresh out of high school, no experience. I’d already read some bad reviews by former employees, well... those were the only reviews out there. Needless to say, it wasn’t surprising that they were so desperate for workers, and needless to say, I wasn’t excited.
Melody KeePublished 5 years ago in JournalJourney Through a Screenplay
Next year—on the 17th April, since you ask—I will be attending the London Scriptwriters Festival (LSF), with a view to sell my latest screenplay to the massed throngs of agents, producers, and directors that invariably turn up for the event. The problem is, I haven't yet put metaphorical pen to paper yet, and beyond having a vague outline of my story set in my mind, I have nothing of substance to show them.
david layzellePublished 5 years ago in JournalThe Fat Dutchman
I met a fat Dutchman called Peter. I’d heard he lives on a boat moored in Hong Kong Harbour. He's drinking mojitos in the Blue Gin bar at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel in Monaco.
Johnny SevenPublished 5 years ago in JournalI Write Cuz I Want to Damnit
I have always wanted to start a blog. Always. Ever since I was a wee child, I imagined sitting down and putting my thoughts to paper (or in this case, computer) and sharing them with the world. I always had new ideas for a blog. A blog about animals. A blog about book reviews. Video blogging. Maybe a blog about health. My interests were ever changing, which made it difficult to narrow in on a single topic.
Rowan FloresPublished 5 years ago in JournalKeep the Change Please
In 1999 I was living in San Diego and working at the National Dispatch center. I began working there in early 1997 and had really done well the first two years. NDC was a text messaging center and my job was to transcribe pre-recorded messages that people left and we would listen to them on our headset while sitting in our little cubicle and then send the message to people's pagers where they got a text message. At the time, this was new technology and it was a huge upgrade from the pager. You got the message on a pager but it had words instead of just a phone number. The pace was fairly slow and I didn't have to deal with the customers directly. I thrived and always got the monthly bonuses. Along with a steady increase in pay, I was fairly happy and had finally moved out of the crappy residential hotels downtown and moved a few miles away uptown in a much nicer placed called studio 619. I was going to the movies regularly, eating out a lot, writing poetry, and going to a writers group. And I was dealing pretty well with being single. I had been taking a sabbatical from dating for two years now. My heart needed the break. Shawna, Jaime, Lisa, Tammy, Rachel and a few others that didn't go far all had taken their toll on me. We had a pretty tight knit group in our section. Ours was small, about 14 of us. The rest of the company had 500 other employees and they took live calls at a very fast pace. They had no time to get to know one another.
Marc SanderPublished 5 years ago in JournalThe Entrepreneur’s Prayer
As I awaken with the gift of yet another day and prepare for the tasks at hand, I offer up this most ardent prayer: I pray for continued clarity of purpose so that I may hold my vision steady and keep my focus on the needs and success of others, which in turn shall bring me my success.
Rick BeneteauPublished 5 years ago in JournalWhy I Work Multiple Jobs
I live in Northern New Jersey. I was raised in a small town in Bergen County, NJ. Everything is super expensive here. You can’t live comfortably unless you’re making six figures. I’m lucky to be making five figures with three jobs. Yes, you read that correctly, I work THREE jobs. PLUS I’m trying to get a small side business going. And it’s not like I spend my money foolishly either. Actually, I hate spending money. I don’t buy anything unless I absolutely have to. My main bills are rent, car payment, car insurance, cell phone, PSE&G, water bill, and Netflix. Yes, I have Netflix. I have neither cable nor WiFi. I have unlimited data on my cell phone and use it has a hotspot to connect my cell phone to my iPad over Bluetooth. I’m not home enough to make good use of a cable plan, so if I feel like watching something, I look on Netflix. Everything in Northern Jersey is expensive; however, I’m reluctant to move out of state. All of the certifications I have are good only in New Jersey. It would be very time consuming and expensive for me to get certifications in another state. I cannot afford to not work. I wouldn’t be able to even afford my car payment if I wasn’t working. So I can’t take the time to get out of state certifications. So instead I stay in New Jersey and I struggle to make ends meet every month. At this point, I’m happy that I can get my bills paid.
Pamela DirrPublished 5 years ago in Journal