Unemployed and Uplifted by Strangers
Lost in my job hunt For several months, I have consistently scoured LinkedIn and other job posting sites for a variety of available roles. During my senior year of college,...
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Cog!
In a large hotel conference room speckled with round tables, I drank my lukewarm coffee and listened to my colleague...
Monopoly Money
Don’t you utilize, monopolize, or anthropomorphize me According to our saintly and ever-correct oracle the Internet, the word ‘employment’ has...
Of Monsters and Motherhood
Amongst humanities graduate students, especially literature students, there is a joke that grad school will kill one’s passion for reading....
Samson in Retrograde
My name is Jordan, and I am a music addict The other day, someone asked me to list five albums...
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The Other Side of the Counter
‘That’ customer in me I feel the need to start by saying: we have all been the rude customer at some point — myself included. The last time I felt...
From Silence to Standing Ovation
“Are you just going to stand there without saying anything?” That was what someone in the crowd blurted out when I stood on the stage, frozen for over three minutes,...
By the Light of the Moon
A night owl by trade The whole thing was surreal and dreamlike. Sitting in a worn leather armchair, observation minutes in hand, keeping as quiet as possible, I was working...
My Voice? It Was Right There on the Page
Discovering my voice through writing was surprisingly found in the silence of the process itself. Since childhood, I have always had a natural connection with people, and talking to others...
Will You Be My Long-term Career Match?
Really, where is this match-made-in-heaven? With the ever-increasing population comes a decrease in resources. Or will the next baby be the genius who solves hunger, poverty, cancer, pollution, dry skin,...
Honesty is the Best Policy — and Most Profitable One
Teaching in a school and pay lags are forever associated. I am an education officer serving as a mathematics teacher in one of the government high schools here in Nigeria. ...
Ctrl+Alt+Layoff
“So, you’re a pro at this. You know what you need to do.” My therapist was trying her best to cheer me up amidst a shitstorm — our country falling...
The Doors of Misconception
A Hard Day’s Night It was a Thursday. The New Friday. The penultimate day of the working week. Not just any working week, either: my first working week earning a...
Cadence: I Got Rhythm
Life and career in a funk? Find your rhythm or change it up Self-improvement? It was a dark and stormy night, but let me say something first. I struggle with...
Breaking the Tether: My Writer’s Journey
I’d like to tell you the story of a young boy named Wylie Sowden. The beginning of the story Wylie was brought into the world on a cold October morning...
Own Your Degree and Your Mental Health
Depression is a fickle thing. Becoming depressed is not easily predictable. The best days can be immediately followed by the worst. Still, there are behavior management patterns that can help...
Hectic and Unemployed
What do unemployed writers do? They keep themselves occupied by working on their writing and honing their skills. I know this because my current status is “unemployed writer.” This is...
Quit This Job to Keep That Dream
I am staring at a beautiful sunset over the Puglian shoreline, with a singer passionately belting out his heart. His voice echoes throughout the resort where I am staying. Sono...
Educated Through Chaos
My name is Tiessouma Pare and this is my education through chaos. It all started that October of 2009. I had just joined my first year at the University of...
Gobsmacked By Environmental Consciousness: How COVID Recycled My Values & Priorities
We learn valuable life lessons the hard way. In 2018, as I proudly stepped out of my final year of high school, little did I know that the journey ahead...