myTakes: Education & Career

1. Document Everything Document everything that you can legally document. If something happens to where they can be civically liable document it. So if you’re fired or getting formal action taken against you it’s there 2....

Adulthood: what? Adulthood is defined differently and consists of different components depending on who you ask. However, more or less directly, all fingers point in a few of the same directions. These directions are...

Hello all. This is not a vent or a call for help. I'm just sharing my journey of failures, trauma and learnings from 2014 to 2024. I hope this might help some who are in similar situation. Let's rewind time to 2015. I was...

Hello everyone, I am getting ready to move to a new job at a grocery store as a overnight stocker. However, I am leaving Dollar General, a store I have been employed at for almost a year. In that year I have seen and...

A person's relationship with money can significantly shape their happiness and the choices they make in life. For some, money is seen as a means to security and comfort, providing the freedom to pursue passions, hobbies,...

Employers many times don’t want to pay unemployment as well as want time to find someone to replace you. So they will try to push people out the door so they don’t have to. There are many reasons why a employer would...

To the class of...well, whatever year you’re reading this, I’ll begin by first saying “Congratulations”. Then “Good luck”. I’d like to share some things about my life and experience since I graduated from college. In...

I know this segment has been a long time coming as I promised it at the end of our last part of the series, but as you know life can get in the way sometimes. So here are some things to know about management that some of...

Introduction: The journey of childhood development is a fascinating intersection of biology, psychology, and environment. As parents and caregivers, understanding the scientific principles behind nurturing young minds...

Here is part 3 in our series on understanding workplace politics. The dreaded entity that is HR. As I wrote in an older take for men on the job Advice for Guys: Avoiding A Sexual Harassment Case , one of the biggest...

Welcome to part 2 in our series of workplace politics. This Take will profile the notorious myth that hard work gets you up the ladder, and how so many good employees get frustrated by the fruits of their labor not...

This is the first part in a new series of Takes I will be posting about the employment world. A lot of what I’m covering is just too long for one post, so I will be going over them in individual parts. Although everyone...

The modern school system began in Prussia, Germany. As a means of taking kids away from their parents and keeping them in a group dynamic with rigorous discipline involved. (Good. Nothing wrong with that.) Homeschooling...

when we look at the daily fluctuating temperature, we see the days are consistently hotter than night and equally nights are consistently cooler than day. simply d>n therefore n<d. we can predict that the sun adds...

This week I marked my one-month milestone of working from home. After four weeks of training classes and one week of hybrid phone and classroom time, I am now a full employee of Hyatt. I have learned a lot in my four...

1. Write things down In my opinion, this is one of the best ways to be more organized. Write down anything you don't want to forget, and write down things you need to do. I prefer to write things down in my notes app on...