Articles about topics affecting me personally.
I browsed Twitter one day and came across a thread about the Trades (electricians, HVAC, plumbing, etc.) needing employees. One guy, an electrician I believe, said that someone would have a high-paying job with great job security after 4 years of on-the-job training/education. Another guy replied back that was too long because he didn’t want […]
Today I want to discuss my 2021 goals and what I want to accomplish throughout the year. I also will go over the 2020 goals I did and did not complete. My 2021 Goals: Here’s What I Have So Far Get my ecommerce business, Let’s All Meat, up and running by mid-January Publish the Self-Help […]
Today marks my last day working at Twitter. With this article I want to be real about my drastic decision to leave my job to start a new business during this time in life. My Tenure At Twitter I worked at Twitter for 3 years at one of their data centers. My job title was […]
For this personal blog post I’m discussing what I’m thankful for in the year of rough, 2020. While some people say this year sucks, and there is some good reason to say that, I won’t say this year has sucked for me. Yes, I had a close family member die and my mom had to […]
Recently I had a family member die from cancer. Unfortunately, my side of the family only learned about the deceased family member’s cancer diagnosis about 3 months ago. By the time we were told that family member had/battled cancer for at least the past 4 years. Why did she hide it? I don’t know. Frankly, […]
The 3pm post is late today. Mostly because I was too tired to write. While I do my best to schedule blog posts ahead of time, my day-job gets in the way and I don’t. Why I Was Too Tired To Write Like many writers I must work another job to support this craft. Because […]
If you don’t know I live in the Atlanta, GA suburbs. I, along with many other suburbanites, commute to the City of Atlanta for my job. I could move closer but with all the changes coming in America, living in the city is not a choice for me anymore. It probably won’t be a choice […]
I won’t work dumb. Nope, not gonna do it. I have no problem working. Actually, I love it. I’ll even work hard when it’s time. No matter if I need to do a repetitive tasks or perform manual labor. Yet, I won’t work dumb. Here’s why: I Won’t Work Dumb Because It Wastes My Time […]
I recently had a conversation with a woman engineer about our experiences working with other women in our respective fields. She works in the Aerospace industry and I work in the Technology field. We’re both black and work in male-dominated sectors. Turns out we both had the same experiences working with women: Negative. In this […]
Lately, I feel divided when it comes to working my day-job and my yearnings for self-employment. As you can tell by my tag-line, I’m a creative writing and a tech pro. When you review my Twitter profile I state my day-job in the Technology industry pays the bills. Yet, for the past several months, I […]