Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 2)

[jooseloose]

Oh absolutely. I live next door to a well-paying grocery store and if I don't have any leads coming in by next week, I'm going to start working there to bide the time and keep the lights on. I would Uber Eats drive, as I used to do that in my PhD as well, but my car's now too old to qualify for that I think (has to be at least 10 years old or less I believe? Mine's a '14). I've never been "above" or against those jobs--I'm totally happy as a clam working an "unprofessional" job to make ends meet, so long as I don't get abused or yelled at (a real fear of mine, as someone who has been abused as a neurodivergent person in the workplace), but I can cross that bridge if it happens when I get there. Right now I just need dollars. I used to work at Crate & Barrel actually while also Uber Eats driving AND doing my PhD research at one point--I might go hit them up again and see if they'll take me (I have an eye for design and decor, and they noticed this in-store one day and offered me a job on the spot).



And yes, I do have expensive tech now, stuff I got with my ex but he just dumped me with the stuff and the debt for it and it's a long story....but, most of it I actually used throughout my PhD given I needed to run computational simulations, but at this point I could "fire sale" quite a bit of things, its just I'd have to sell it at such a huge loss to people that want to pay almost nothing for "hand-me-down" items through Facebook Marketplace, I don't know if I could recoup what I need in the time I need. But there are some easy sales I can make, like my PS5 (I never use it with my PC the way it is), and some sound system speakers. Indeed, tech depreciates quickly, so many things like my PS5 I'm not attached to because I can always buy one again when I have real income if there's room for it in my life.



The good news is: as of yesterday, some leads have actually started to materialize (thank you to the poster who DM'd me) and maybe headed in the right direction. Yesterday was pivotal in alleviating some of my depression, since some hope started to appear for a job soon. I hope things can improve in the next week or so.

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I used to work at Crate & Barrel actually while also Uber Eats driving AND doing my PhD research at one point--I might go hit them up again and see if they'll take me (I have an eye for design and decor, and they noticed this in-store one day and offered me a job on the spot).

"That bed would look better wrapped in cheap LED lights

Oh My God. You're an artistic genius. Please work for us"

Guy is an absolute fantasist

He's such a fucking liar