https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230228-the-german-clinics-for-burnt-out-parents
Gee, wouldn’t it be nice if Americans had a right to health retreats?
But this is America, where only billionaires have rights.
Tag: thoughts
Advice about moving to Hawaii to work
If you’re thinking of moving to the Hawaiian Islands, get hired for a job you can do here first, then move! And be prepared to sacrifice a lot to stay here.
Or be very rich.
Why?
- Living here is very expensive.
- Pay scales are not competitive with pay scales at other, similarly-expensive areas.
- Many employers won’t hire people new to the islands until you’ve been here 3-6 months.
They’ve been burned too many times by people that came to the islands on vacation, decided they loved the islands so much they had to stay, got hired somewhere here – then went back to where they came from when our cost of living hit them. Like when their first two-weeks’ paycheck came to less than their apartment rent.
How going above and beyond at work became required – BBC Worklife
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220921-how-going-above-and-beyond-at-work-became-required
How very true! “Meets expectations” performance would net you a 3% raise (a net-pay cut vs inflation). Going “above and beyond” might get you 4-5%. Still a net pay cut.
Sad that this was from an employer that was always talking about and promoting employee health, well-being, and work-life balance.
Think about this and characters in stories
Tactics to be more influential at work:
What tactics would fit with your characters best?
Which ones wouldn’t work for one of your characters?
Which one(s) would be most effective for one of your characters to influence another of your characters?
Which one(s) would influence your readers most?
https://www.fastcompany.com/90703987/use-these-tactics-to-be-more-influential-at-work
The Last Word On Nothing | Guest Post: In Praise of Phases
‘The only way to write for teenagers is to spend so long in your own memories that you are drowning in shame’ — Caroline O’Donoghue – Independent.ie
How economic behaviour drove witch hunts in pre-modern Germany | Aeon Essays
Interesting thoughts to apply to fantasy and horror, eh?
‘If the aliens lay eggs, how does that affect architecture?’: sci-fi writers on how they build their worlds | Books | The Guardian
Interesting discussions about world-building, from a diverse collection of writers – Alastair Reynolds, Nnedi Okorafor, M. John Harrison, etc.
To think about when killing characters
In fiction, we remember the deaths that make us sad — ScienceDaily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201217113002.htm
Meaningful deaths (death of someone that redeemed themselves or sacrificed themselves for someone else).
Happy deaths (The hero finally kills the evil villain).
Varies by genre, but across all genres, people tend to remember meaningful deaths more than others.
Need a face for a character?
Check out This Person Does Not Exist, an AI-driven site that generates fake faces.
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