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So yeah, in February 2021 I applied for a subsidised nursing education, got in, started in September 2021, and now I have a steady income whilst studying for 4 years (now 3,5 years left)! For some reason, as if that wasn't enough going on, FrugalPatat and I bought and moved to a house. We sold the a...

Oh wow, guess I never got around to rounding up 2020 and then poofed for the whole of 2021. Update coming soon.

Oh hi, it's been a hot minute! One unintended hiatus later ... Not many major life changes except for one. I got accepted into a programme that will allow me to study to become a nurse while getting paid. Yay! I'm looking forward to going back to school in September. I'm currently still working a te...

Interim work I have been a bit MIA because I got a last minute temporary office job 2 weeks ago. That is done now. It was a 10 minute walk from home and the colleagues were friendly. The work was boring and repetitive, and by the end of each week, I had ran out of work, which made the day pass slow...

Welcome, from a fellow Belgian

I see that I did a great job at making it seem as if I am my own hero. Lol

I am not.

Haha, ertyu! Well, in fact, I had to list my own talents and shortcomings so I got those noted anyway! ;) If I apply what you said on this exercise, I must say that yes, I see a LOT of projecting. For example, my friend who is very empathetic and an enormous people pleaser named almost exclusively p...

Alphaville wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 23, 2020 4:51 pm

the ghosts glitched the camera in protest

What a bummer. I hope they at least left the gold, for ertyu's sake

I find that I often hold myself to higher standards than my employers do. It might be the same for you. If you got positive feedback, you better believe it

ertyu wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 18, 2020 1:40 pm

(...) Will take pictures of (a) the mess and (b) other neat finds tomorrow.

Ertyu, the people are curious (and impatient)

Job coaching part 2 So today was my second session of job coaching and it was a fun one. I returned home full of energy. And I got 2 resources! For your typical renaissance person. The Ted talk describes me to a T. It was a bit uncanny. https://www.ted.com/talks/emilie_wapnick_why_some_of_us_don_t_...

I'm happy you are feeling better today. I still see a lot of my colleague-friends from previous jobs, so not all is lost. I also made a lot of friends through volunteering. Yes, it resonates with me. I think I was looking at the job coaching in general, because I am dumping 60 euros per session into...

Job coaching part 1 So I had my first session on Monday and it took me nearly all week to process most of it, and the next one is around the corner :shock: The session was around 1h15 duration and we walked around a local park while we discussed the exercise. Normally, my coach tries to finish a wh...

Well damn, I didn't mean to make you people depressed with this exercise. I was overwhelmed by the last exercise :lol: I bump into quite a lot of grief around how different my life would have turned out if I had actual support - I bump mainly into parents/close friends stuff. Coaching, after all, is...

Non INTJ
Reading all these forum posts
My brain is breaking

The (job) coaching was interesting. Will post my thoughts on it in a couple days.

Feeling overwhelmed atm~

"where do you see yourself in five years" I hate that question. I feel like the exercise is helpful for both info mining and unearthing insights. No world-shocking insights so far, but things I knew that got confirmed once again: - I frequently start new hobbies and stop after 1-2 years (i...

Good luck with the hunt! It seems to make the rounds currently. I also really can't stand phone calls. I procrastinate them like almost nothing else :D Also +1 on ertyu. I hope the coaching goes well. I often find it helpful to get other perspectives. It's something I've personally struggled with o...

Will you tell us what your coach is making you do? I'm curious! Hope you enjoy it and she turns out to be a good fit. Good luck with job hunting! For sure! And thank you. My first exercise that I need to have ready by Friday is a visual lifeline (timeline), divided in segments of 6 years, starting ...

Does anyone have any scientific sources that go into details on the mink zoonosis? That has the potential to be massive significant because zoonosis tends to increase virulence, but I'm having a difficult time finding reputable scientific details on this incident. You might find some interesting re...