Counselling
I like the messy complicated puzzle of human beings. Professional Counsellor sounds like a good retirement plan.
“You know, your Grampa would kick your ass if he saw that.” My Dad was referring to the swastika I had drawn on the back of my hand.
I’m a solo entrepreneur (now with a small team). I write the software, do the marketing, mop the floors. I attend no meetings. I need approval from no one. The design work is done in my head or doodled on a scrap of paper and communicated to the team
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Sisyphus was a mythical King. He annoyed Zeus who punished him by having him eternally roll a boulder up a hill, only to trip at the top before he can push it over the crest and have the boulder roll to the bottom, undoing his efforts and forcing him to
A global lock-down. That was a plot twist. I read some about the 1918 flu and how it was battled shortly after the viral theory of disease was widely accepted. 100 years later we genome sequenced the thing before it left China and multiple global coordinated research initiatives raced to
I opened a restaurant, then I opened another one. I had never worked in the restaurant business or in a retail setting; I had never been exposed to customer service and the public at large prior to jumping into the deep end with a business built around exactly that. I
When you start a job, they give you a black box, metaphorically. Manuals, policies, procedures, spreadsheets, and templates. The box defines your job, which is to turn the crank on the box and produce reports, or sales, or widgets, or code, or... whatever. On the second day at my new
I’ve been reading this book about happiness. It was on my mind when I heard that my uncle had been killed.
Stone dissolves. That gives you perspective.
I would have given that kid five bucks just for being cool. Negotiating with a child in poverty isn’t always about the price.
I stroked her head, and for the last time, I told her, "You're a good girl," and I managed not to cry until she was gone.
Watch it, or we'll cancel 'No Pants Night'.
Introduction My sister was having a discussion with friends revolving around whether or not these friends should have kids or not. She thought she might be able to help them out by presenting an argument in favour. In order to be balanced she asked me to write an argument against.
Around nine on Halloween night ,a friend and I left my house and went to the park behind our building. Some kids were setting off fireworks and it seemed a good place for a stroll. Moments after entering the park we were approached by four young men in ski masks,
