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We Get In Our Feelings Sometimes
Sometimes, we can really get in our feelings. And the thing is, people misunderstand that. They think, oh he/she is being mean, but they don’t know why. When people say that, its not personal. But people take it out of context. It could mean any number of things. A loved one passed away many years ago and we still dwell on what happened to that person.
By Nerissha Hunt5 years ago in Motivation
On Writing
It is in the ordinary of everyday housework that words decide to tumble into my head. Doing laundry, sweeping the floor, and making the bed are all good conduits for imagination, but none of these chores inspire my inner-writer quite like doing the dishes. Maybe it's the hot water that clears away the fog or the soap bubbles sparkling in the air like fairies. Then again maybe it's the repetitive nature of grabbing, rinsing, washing, rinsing, and drying, that allows the two hemispheres of my brain (logic and creativity) to communicate with each other effortlessly. Either way, for a long time, my solution for writer's block has simply been to do the dishes.
By Emily Flanagan 5 years ago in Motivation
The Faith and Confidence correlation
I think that our inner beliefs in the unknown, what we are willing to risk emotionally and energetically and what we have been shown as pattens from the outside ( external world) will be a consequence of our actions guides our steps as who we are in the world.
By SAYHERNAME Morgan Sankofa6 years ago in Motivation
Career Choice
A common belief that has been created by society is that work is simply not meant to be enjoyed, and that it is nothing more than a legal means of generating money, in order to survive. Think about how many times you hear your friends complain about how much they hate their job, or the number of times your workmates whinge about how much the manager, the working conditions, the customers, and the company sucks. Perhaps you only need to go as far as your own words and opinions about your job, and realize how much you also dislike it, and how much you actually whinge and complain about it yourself? Well, if it is in any way comforting, you're certainly in the overwhelming majority of people globally, who also hate their job. Studies have revealed that nearly 9 out of every 10 people dislike or hate their job. That's a pretty damning statistic, made even worse by the fact that for nearly a third of our life, between the age of 18 and 65, we find ourselves at our job, or running our business. When you consider that another third of that time is spent sleeping, that leaves us with just one third of our life, over those 45 years, to be potentially doing activities we actually enjoy. Even within that final third, there are still the basic tasks that consume our time, such as cooking, eating, showering, and cleaning, further reducing any time that we can be doing the things in life we really enjoy, such as traveling, spending time with our family, socializing with our friends, and engaging in our hobbies. Now let's be honest, in those 45 years though, despite those brief periods of doing the things we love, work is always there enveloping in this bubble of unhappiness, because it is such a dominant aspect of our life. We may love and value our sleep, we may enjoy and relish in the time outside of work, but there still lies that 33% of time that we are unhappy, and that's well and truly enough to drag our whole attitude down.
By David Stidston6 years ago in Motivation
Leadership Over Followers
It was pretty much straight after Christmas last year in which I made a choice that I was no longer going to use my personal social media profiles just to post pictures of my life, and advertise them to the world. As wonderful as it is to capture certain memorable moments, and post them online for friends and family to see, in all honesty, it's not exactly an activity of huge benefit really. Photographs have always served as a perfect means of capturing a memory, or the perfect scenery, there's no disputing that, and posting them on social media should preserve those images online forever, unlike with physical photographs, which can easily be destroyed by fire. I've become more of a person who prefers to live in the moment, opting to relish in the preciousness of the experience at the time, rather than be sidetracked by fiddling around with a phone or camera trying to take a happy snap. Each to their own though. I will still continue to post personal photos from time to time, but the reason behind the decision I made to start using my personal social media profiles in a different manner was because I wanted to begin sharing more positivity, inspiration, and motivation. I was dedicating time to posting motivational content on my business website and social media pages, yet I was actually not sharing it directly with my own friends and family via my own personal profile. All the personal development content and education I have been investing my time in, along with all that I have personally experienced throughout the journey towards achieving my goal, I was leaving out the very people who I should have been prioritizing, and looking to positively influence and help educate.
By David Stidston6 years ago in Motivation
The flow, called resilience
Disclaimer: None of what I am going to tell you about I had come up with all on my own. The ideas in this and the essays that follow, have been shared, researched, and experienced by incredible womxn that I’ve been fortunate to hear, read, meet, and learn from. It is my service to share those insights with you today, through the lens of my own eyes, feelings and experiences.
By Anna Kopacz6 years ago in Motivation
Why Write on Vocal
I joined Vocal about six months ago and put up one poem then completely forgot about the online writing platform. Then about two months ago with ads constantly popping up on my social media feeds promoting the "Little Black Book" challenge with a twenty-thousand dollar prize going to the winner, I decided to give Vocal some serious attention. Since my fictional short-story, "The Event" submission I have been writing and contributing to the platform consistently ever since. I didn't win that challenge nor have I been receiving a large amount of reads for my stories. To date I have made $16.67, with $15 dollars of that total coming in the form of Vocal paying me for my fifth ($5.00) and tenth ($10.00) stories and one lone tip for a dollar. This week I have finally reached just over 100 reads with my ten stories combined, making up the remainder of the money I have in my wallet.
By Meko James 6 years ago in Motivation
Feeling The Covid Blues??
Let's be honest. Covid is taking way too long to be over and we still have so much more to go through until we are back to some kind of normal. I truthfully don't think normal could ever be the same. We have all been through too much to be the same or do the same things we used to do. If our lives do go back to the way they used to be, then at least out mindset will be different.
By Alicia Lenea6 years ago in Motivation
