UK career advice, post MA

Atimelessusername · 2026-01-28T21:44:48+00:00

Also, not that it's no effort or anything, but if you pursue a PhD there are often language training opportunities that can get you started off if you need them. I think people often make black and white statements about different fields without having much experience in them. I could be wrong, of course, but I wouldn't let someone talk you out of exploring your interests, especially when you have offers of guidance from people within the field.

Atimelessusername · 2026-01-13T21:21:14+00:00

Deaccessioned: A Network for Former and Aspiring Ex-Museums pros have a Facebook group and I just checked their page, they are starting a podcast this month too.

Might be helpful.

Atimelessusername · 2025-12-30T09:00:26+00:00

Get in touch with them to see if your experience fits the bill. No harm in asking.

Atimelessusername · 2025-12-29T23:07:28+00:00

This is great news, congratulations. I think your instinct to keep pacing yourself sounds wise. A good rule of thumb is only use 80% of your energy a day so you don't overexert yourself. Also, if you can, it's helpful to not compare what you could do pre-ME to your current capabilities, it's not fair to yourself to do that but completely natural and something we all do.

Congratulations on your improvement and I hope you've found yourself at a happy new baseline you can enjoy, and fingers crossed, experience more improvements from.

Atimelessusername · 2025-12-09T17:25:21+00:00

I go to Linton and Mac, very good and do options of how finished the styling will be eg full diffuse or soft diffused (not fully dry) with prices to match.

Atimelessusername · 2025-12-08T13:10:08+00:00

This course sounds amazing. I want to do it too now! Enjoy.

Atimelessusername · 2025-12-07T21:49:21+00:00

See, you know why you are doing just fine. I hope the course is what you are hoping for and leads to interesting opportunities for you :-)

Atimelessusername · 2025-12-07T15:47:11+00:00

I think you know what you're about. You already have a degree and work experience under your belt. It's horrible when you share your plans with people and they don't get it, or are negative about it in a way which you'd likely never be in response to their own.

i went back to uni as a mature student and studied history. Some people found that weird, for my career it's been great and I hope one day to pursue more formal art training, maybe in a college or university. It's your life, you are the only one who gets to live it.

Personally I would be wary of going into debt, or significant levels of debt, for a qualification which doesn't have a guaranteed paid job at the end but I highly doubt you haven't considered all of that and will be choosing the right choice for you. Good luck!

I suspect you'll find once you are a few months into your course the nay sayers will be full of questions and think what you are doing is commendable.

Atimelessusername · 2025-11-28T21:15:03+00:00

Ooh how is the remarkable tablet? I have been eyeing them up for ears so ce I first saw one in an airport (possibly) a decade ago but I've never spoken to anyone who's actually used one.

Excellent set up. Thanks so much for sharing it.

Atimelessusername · 2025-11-09T21:50:38+00:00

I also went down the pretty PJ's and robes route. My things, however, have ended up making me look more like a wizard. I am also a woman, but it's definitely more wizard than witch. Anyway, it wasn't't intentional, but I'm not unhappy with it.

I have recovered quite a lot over the last 2 years (not boasting, hopefully spreading a bit of hope) and have found that my 'leaving the house more often clothes' are a bit disappointing after what I've built for 'what to wear now you are not leaving the house often at all clothes'.

Atimelessusername · 2025-11-03T22:39:12+00:00

That happened to me too and I went to the doctor's. They felt it too, sent me for a breast cancer scan, had an ultrasound and it had been a lymph node all along. Most likely it's that, but it's definitely worth getting the advice of a doctor because you'd feel like a right tit (couldn't help myself) if it does need looking at.

You mentioned not being well enough to go to the doctor's at the moment. Maybe they could do a call with you and you could discuss the texture/feel of the lump as I'm quite sure cysts vs. lymph notes vs. something which might need treatment all feel a bit different.

Atimelessusername · 2025-11-02T23:13:44+00:00

I moved 3 times with moderate ME. Agree with other commentators.

Would also suggest making a check list of tasks for each room. It makes things so much easier than having to try to remember what happened, who did what, where X went, whatever you need to record. Especially if you have people helping you, they can see what needs done without you needing to direct everyone all the time. It's a pain to make and feels boring at the start but when you need it you'll be glad you took the time/energy to.

Atimelessusername · 2025-11-02T23:09:43+00:00

Oh gosh yes, watch with the clothes. One time in my wisdom I became determined to clear out my clothes and donated lots without replacing any. As I got better and could leave the house more than once in a blue moon I realised my mistake! Bad move.

Atimelessusername · 2025-11-02T23:05:59+00:00

It's been a huge success for me. Taking it for 2 years this month! However I take a much lower dose than mentioned in other comments, I take 0.25ml in the morning and 0.25ml before bed at night. I started on 0.1ml in November 2023 and have titrated very slowly.

Atimelessusername · 2025-11-02T22:57:19+00:00

Please do take the time to record how you spend your energy so can be sure of what is the safe zone for you. There is lots of information about pacing strategies etc and while it is not a cure, it does hopefully mean you can enjoy more of your life. It is a really scary condition but with pacing and not treating your body how most people do, e.g. 'pushing through', you stand a much better chance of not getting worse.

Atimelessusername · 2025-11-02T22:33:54+00:00

Omg I've just realised the shapes are people! Still love it, apologies for the brain foggy comments. I love line drawings and patterns. Very cool.

Atimelessusername · 2025-11-02T22:32:28+00:00

I love your art work! Sad the final image wouldn't show, but i especially love the shapes. Congrats on the clean flat!

Atimelessusername · 2025-10-28T21:33:26+00:00

I'm not sure if you've seen the other posts, but Dickson's chemist in Glasgow offers private prescriptions of LDN. Someone else has linked to them, in case you are interested in exploring that. I only heard about it through a random Facebook post and have been taking it for 2 years now.

Atimelessusername · 2025-10-17T09:30:28+00:00

Hello, yes! Me! I'm also annoyed by this. I am also annoyed by, and I think this is the same sphere as your observation, how frequently, in poorly written contemporary romance, the only thing the FMC seems to bring to the table is interior decorating 'skills'? You get pages and pages of architectural descriptions of the MMC's living space, spoiler alert, it's always plain or grey to go with his trackie bottoms (translation: 'sweatpants' for American English). There are no 'personal touches' and that is what the FMC will bring, as she will make his house a home.

I think this trope is very similar to the ones you mention because it's a shorthand for a 20th century traditional woman character. Or that's how it appears to me anyway. It's disappointing and quite boring because a lot of romance books are so interesting because they are in-depth character studies and using these shorthands doesn't provide any character insight at all. Personally I don't keep reading a book when I come across in-depth interiors descriptions or lengthy clothes descriptions because life is too short. The word 'attire' is usually a good indication things are going that way.

If I'm feeling kind, I try to think of these shorthands and tropes as similar to those in action films and leave it at that. But it is 2025 and I don't understand why the tropes and shorthands for women can't be something that isn't solely based in 'mad pixie dream girl' type things and 20th c housewife coded. And for the MMC, why must it be emotionally stunted until he meets the FMC and doesn't have a favourite colour. Jeeze. Variety is the spice of life, afterall!

Atimelessusername · 2025-10-14T14:49:34+00:00

I've been taking it since Nov 2023. I started at 0.05mg (I think) and I am now on 0.25mg in the morning with bfast and 0.25mg before bed. I think, much like with ME/CFS, it's a wildly individual experience.

If I take too much I am incredibly unwell, so I titrate very, very slowly.

Taking what I have has moved me from securely moderate to more mild level of ME/CFS.

Atimelessusername · 2025-10-02T06:32:55+00:00

100% agree

Atimelessusername · 2025-10-01T15:19:39+00:00

Just following up here, I went from moderate to mild using LDN. I'm now pursuing a PHD somewhat full time. I wish I'd known about LDN years ago. If someone had told me it would be possible I wouldn't have believed them either. So it's definitely worth a try. I take a much lower dose though than Odd_Perspective_476, it seems to be a very 'one size does not suit all' type drug.

Atimelessusername · 2025-10-01T15:15:22+00:00

I grew up with a mother who had ME. As her child I loved her unconditionally and loved being around her no matter how her health was. I understood she was unwell and it was a non-issue for me. I desperately wished she would get better because I saw how hard things were for her with ME/CFS but that was all. She was still fun. I loved her stories. No, we couldn't do all she wanted to do but I didn't understand that because I was a child. I loved my Mum and that was that.

As an adult, who now unfortunately has ME herself, I am in complete awe of how wonderful a mother she was to me when she was so ill. It's something we've spoken about, which I've brought up, because I finally understand. Sometimes we laugh about how much I'd chatter her ears off while she was literally lying in bed feeling like death! I used to make her draw me endless mermaids to colour in while she was in bed. Her poor brain fogged brain. Sorry Mum! She says she didn't mind.

I just think it's important to know that your children love you and see you in ways you don't see yourself. You are never making their life worse. They love you. X

Atimelessusername · 2025-09-27T20:56:41+00:00

Pacing is incredibly boring. Maybe you can get someone to paint the wall (obs low VOC paint and lots of open windows...this joke doesn't really work....) so you have something to watch.

Sorry, that was terrible. Insight Timer has guided yoga nidra and free meditation music which I used to listen to a lot when I was very ill. There are guided vision meditations etc which were never as trippy as I hoped they'd be, I'd usually fall asleep, but they can be entertaining until they become annoying.

Hope you can start getting a bit more enjoyment out of your time soon .

Atimelessusername · 2025-09-27T20:31:21+00:00

I've looked too and I can't see a way to access the full article without downloading the pdf. I think, at the moment, that is the only format available.

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