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Just Because Something Is Online…
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Cendrine MarrouatPublished 2 years ago in JournalTime Management For Creatives
It’s a slippery thing, time. We all get the same amount, yet none of us feel we have enough of it. And what we have seems to slip through our hands.
Sheryl GarrattPublished 2 years ago in JournalRejected. Again.
Today's job market is one of the strangest I've ever seen. Right now I'm hearing that this is the perfect market for job seekers, but if that were true, would I be a year and a half into the job search?
willow j. rossPublished 2 years ago in Journal5 Tips To Stand Out As A Valuable Remote Worker
We live in a challenging time, where the pandemic has become an onset of a global market crisis, as well: so many people were laid off, and some of those who still have some job positions are overridden with worry and anxiety, struggling to make ends meet and wondering how will they live if they get fired soon.
Write, Always Write (even if it doesn't feel right)!
This is part of the Vocal Social Society Self Help Guide which can be found here. <=⚡ I was recently visiting a Facebook writing group and I saw a young woman who was celebrating a successful day of writing. Her post read,
Lightning BoltPublished 2 years ago in JournalSetting Goals and Boundaries for Yourself as a Writer
Although I've had my Vocal account since 2017, I've only been writing steadily on this site since the end of last summer. Wow. It's almost been a year since I began to dedicate myself to my Vocal page; unbelievable that's it hasn't been that long (it's felt like I've been doing this since forever). If you were to look at my page, you can definitely see that my Vocal.Media adventure has been all over the place since I began writing just last summer, but boy have I had so much fun in doing it.
3 Ways Freelancing Improves The Life Of An Introverted Writer
When I told my mother that I didn't like talking to strangers and socializing, she suggested that I should become a writer.
Chau TrieuPublished 2 years ago in JournalDear Vocal Creators: We Can Fight Misinformation!
We are so tired of misinformation and fake news that even though it’s all words and ideas, they are taking a hit on our bodies. We have information fatigue, news fatigue, stress, and more.
Asterion AvocadoPublished 2 years ago in Journalwriter’s block …
i’ve had writer’s block for eight years. i’ve been writing every day since i turned ten. mostly because my dad, told me growing up, that i wasn’t allowed to read anything ELSE until i read the bible & wrote a page in my journal.
Caitlin NightingalePublished 2 years ago in JournalNot earning money on Vocal? Get the most from the experience and better hone your writing skills.
From a young age I realized that I was partly autodidactic. Some things I could learn from others without much of a problem, but there were other areas which, within reason, I should have adapted to like everyone else, but no matter how hard I tried, I could not master being tutored by another person.
Novel AllenPublished 2 years ago in JournalHow did I become a writer?
Lately, I’ve been seeing questions like these: What tv show/movie did want you to become a screenwriter? Which book inspired you to become a writer?
Jule JessenbergerPublished 2 years ago in JournalWhy Startups Fail: It’s All About Marketing and Team
The majority of business books focus on success stories. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have sold so well. But survivorship bias sometimes paints a picture too pretty to be true. What if instead of success stories we study the stories of failure? In the frenzy of excitement, it’s easy to forget that in reality, the majority of startups crash-land in the first 3 years of their existence. The dream wears off, the reality hits. The smartest thing an entrepreneur can do is to study exactly why startups fail, identify a problem, and think about how to prevent it. The CB Insights research portal made a list of most common reasons for startup failure based on the post-mortems of the 101 failed startups (the figures exceed 100% because there usually more than one reason):