German unemployement adventures
I had just asked the group secretary about how much time I should be able to spend on my thesis, she said to ask for the same distribution as my contract say (half time work and half time thesis, which always confused me since all work might end up in the thesis)
Then the Arbeitsagentur counseller called me, said I should work full time in addition to the thesis, candidate to one job per week and accept the first position which accepts me
German unemployement adventures
Also I'm glad to report I didn't slip on the decaying leaves on the bike path, I was quite afraid of it after I fell two days ago when trying to do a narrower turn than usual
German unemployement adventures
I asked them how much I needed to be looking for another job while I'm still a student and writing my thesis, they were not sure and said they'll call me later, let's say half time so far. Let see what my professor says to that
German unemployement adventures
I did it! There wasn't much wait, and the german was not too technical so I could understand everything (except when they asked if my contract had been prolongated, didn't know the word) and they were quite nice.
It was good I brought all the paperwork internet said to, because they asked about it and were happy I had the pension and tax numbers with me.
German unemployement adventures
And again, time to leave if I want to make it there early and I didn't shower, aaaahh
German unemployement adventures
Or, since I was supposed to leave 45min ago, what if I just have a second coffee and go there some other day
German unemployement adventures
I did wake up early enough to finally go to the Arbeitsagentur today, I just needed to leave already in the past
Will I ever discover whether or not I have ADHD, the adventure
I had in my list a local neurologist for a while, but when I looked again they didn't give out appointments until next year, so I was planning to wait.
But then I spend the evening (day ) on the subject again, and I found a french-speaking one in Berlin, and french might be required if they need to interview family. There's no visible appointment available but I said screw it and sent a message
Instead of working I've spent basically my whole time since yesterday's badly ending meeting doing all the online ADHD quizzes and writing down symptoms lists and looking up doctors and thinking for the 4th or 5th time I should really try to get checked out once, but also I won't because what if I discover I'm just unmotivated and incompetent instead
Work negative
Usually I feel proud with being able to work around broken stuff when I can. Like my phone's main microphone and jack are broken since years and I don't care. Why ask my work to buy a new laptop when all I need is to remember to bring a microphone to the office?
But that's apparently read as having no initiative, so I'm feeling very insecure and a bit hurt. It's not the first time I hear I have no initiative.
Work negative
I did ask for the laptop to be repaired once but reinstalling windows didn't repair the hard drive (I figured out the problem too late), and afterwards I didn't want to ask again since I don't actually need this laptop. Usually I bring mine instead if I have a meeting planned, but I forgot today.
Work negative
The work laptop with a damaged hard drive I was using during a remote meeting for its camera and webcam suddenly crashed and refused to turn back
So I couldn't speak anymore, but I was still connected with another computer to share slides, and I could listen to my supervisors say I should have a little bit of initiative and ask for another laptop, that it happened before already, I was losing everyone's time, and all that.
Rennes : Journée commémorative pour Babacar Gueye
FrPol ; Rennes : Journée commémorative pour Babacar Gueye, assassiné par la Police
German unemployement adventures
The brochure says I just need to go there with my passport and proof of regitration, but internet says I need a lot more papers, so I guess I'll listen to internet and bike there way too early tomorrow (because they close at 12).
Looking forward to have to explain in bad german why my papers have two different names on them
German unemployement adventures
My contract ends in two weeks (or at the end of the month? Different people at my institute don't agree), so I thought it's time to deal with that!
I skimmed the 100 pages brochure in german from the Arbeitsagentur, good thing I spend spring 2020 on german youtube otherwise I would have had no idea what it says
Negative feelings
Sitting on the floor of the lab crying on a saturday evening, as one does
I think I need help figuring out what I want to do in life because I've been so miserable so often during my phd and I'm no so sure it would get better with a postdoc. But I have no idea what I can do and even less what I want to do.
Trans catboy
Sleepy physicist
Watching potatoes grow
Trying to draw