parasocial strata
How is it possible to care so deeply about a job? Even while making minimum wage, or working a job that doesn’t care about them, people from all walks of life still seem to take deep pride in their professional work.
david shaw author
Suppressing emotions is something that society teaches men. As Jamaicans say, “hold up your pressure”.
david shaw author
Incompetent men are not displayed in media or novel stories that much mostly because men and women have never considered men being incompetent as a true fact.
power
When people think of power, it is always interpreted as something a powerful person has. This person is usually the King, the President of a country, or a business CEO. They aren't that powerful though.
david shaw author
Some could say complancy led to me becoming a poser. That complancy was rooted in my ego and my comfortableness with my life back then.
david shaw author
How does it feel to win the game but know that you could have played better? That's what happens when your character goes through a scene that has a bittersweet ending.
david shaw author
Motivation has been a problem for me after that existential crisis. That period led to my greatest moment of clarity but now, I was struggling to move forward with my business and personal dreams.
incompetence in men
The idea of being incompetent isn’t something people usually think about when it comes to men. Instead of saying, “You’re incompetent.” They say, “You're a boy, not a man.” Or, ”You're not doing your job.”
I’m a Jamaican writer that once dreamed of becoming a successful author and failed to do that. My first stint into writing was never novels. It was comics. When I attended Calabar High school, I used to create these comics. These comics were either fan fictions or variations of