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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.
By Carl J. Petersen3 months ago in Journal
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.
By Rosie J. Sargent4 months ago in Journal
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.
By Timothy A Rowland4 months ago in Journal
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.
By Joe Patterson4 months ago in Journal
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.
By Gregory Payton5 months ago in Journal
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.
By Nadine Haigh5 months ago in Journal
Author’s Advice. Top Story - March 2026.
If you would’ve asked me 20 years ago did I know I’d become a writer and an author, I would’ve said “nope, ain’t happening”. As fate would have it I did become an author and I can honestly say I’m loving it so far. It really does feel good to be a writer. I’ve learned a lot on this journey and I feel like with even me being as new to this world as I am, there’s some wisdom I need to share with every other aspiring author.
By Joe Patterson6 months ago in Journal
~ Fired ~ . Top Story - February 2026.
— Ai Intrusion ~ Are you Next ~ Is Ai Evolution after your job? — Few workplaces haven't been affected. Ai is in supermarkets, at doctors' offices, and even monitoring farms. I just can't think of anything this machine is not getting into, can you? For instance: Education ~ Law and Tech jobs will one day have a major influence or be taken over by these inanimate machines, with accuracy and vigor. From mechanics' diagnoses to a wide variety of everyday jobs, including fast food workers, with this input having the ability to cut their unnecessary work hours. I'm certain all of us have been touched by this with our short stories and colorful headings, have you? Even comments are very questionable 'Non-Robot' insertions.
By Jay Kantor8 months ago in Journal
