I have always been bothered by the employment number. Or more precisely – the unemployment number.

I have always known that the unemployment, or employment, number is not related to the total population. Which made things more bothersome. While the total population is not mentioned along with the employment / unemployment number (which makes sense), but the number that should be available along with the unemployment number – the total employable population, is never available. When I did try to find this number – not only was it not easy to find, there seems to be different number for this at different sources. They all seem to use their own criteria of who should be in the pool of employable population.

But before I even begin to look into the various disparity in this definition, it seemed to me that we could never really know the number of people who are voluntarily and constantly leave or join the job market.

– manzoor

At certain point in our life we decide, or come to decide, that we want to extend our family.

– manzoor

I was listening to the interview of ‘Fleabag’ And ‘Killing Eve’ Creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge on Fresh Air and a <understatement>little surprised</understatement> at how the interview began.

– manzoor

• Fresh Air – ‘Fleabag’ And ‘Killing Eve’ Creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge Is Full Of Surprises

– baba

Read by Erin Lee Carr on NPR

Be grateful for the things you have in this life. You are lucky. Practice patience, even though it’s one of the hardest things to master. Failure is a part of the process, maybe the most important part. Alcohol is not a necessary component of life. Street hot dogs are not your friend. Remind yourself that nobody said this would be easy.

– manzoor

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