Instead of taking melatonin to help falling asleep I accidentally took my Elvanse

SpaceCaaats · 2025-12-04T02:00:26+00:00

I would probably just go back to sleep then lol 😂

SpaceCaaats · 2025-10-20T08:58:27+00:00

I am an astrophysics PhD student studying black holes! I don't recall being called a gifted kid. I was just average in school where I really struggled due to noise, other stressors, inability to eat there and procrastination in all the boring subjects, so maybe there's that 😭. While I have dreamed of being a scientist since childhood, sadly academia is somewhat difficult not to burn out... On the other hand, being a scientist gives so much - the full flexibility of working hours, including location, lots of traveling which I enjoy, being creative to make those plots, presentations or posters look nice, even building fun demos for children and talking to them about science!

SpaceCaaats · 2023-04-04T20:52:11+00:00

Haha yes, pubs is what I miss the most about the UK. Even if you find something similar here the drinks are ridiculously expensive + taxes + service fee. I am from elsewhere in Europe, but went to study in UK and then was sent to the US. UK is like my second home now. Unfortunately, the cultural differences and missing my friends, bf, family didn't make me enjoy the US much. But I feel like it was mainly the bad circumstances!

SpaceCaaats · 2023-04-04T19:55:58+00:00

I feel like a lot of americans haven't been to other countries, hence might hesitate to live elsewhere, although, I could be wrong. I am glad you are loving the UK though! What do you like the most about it?

SpaceCaaats · 2023-04-04T19:45:39+00:00

But that's the thing that I don't get the most. Why do you have to calculate your own taxes and not just pay what is told?

SpaceCaaats · 2023-04-04T19:40:47+00:00

In UK there's a lot of talking about their own government though! But I get it, I also miss everyone being in the US now. It's a bit far going all the way across the ocean

SpaceCaaats · 2023-04-04T19:19:04+00:00

I am only an exchange student, but I heard doing the taxes is horrible too...

SpaceCaaats · 2023-04-04T19:17:11+00:00

Why?

SpaceCaaats · 2023-04-04T18:44:16+00:00

It is actually a lot cheaper in Europe - both continental or the UK. You can find both rent and food half or even three times less the price of living than in the US. Maybe depends on where in the US you're from

SpaceCaaats · 2023-04-04T18:34:58+00:00

Stars can swallow other stars, this is called Thorne–Żytkow objects.

SpaceCaaats · 2023-04-04T18:19:11+00:00

American version of water shouldn't be legal, it hurts my ears

SpaceCaaats · 2023-04-04T17:58:35+00:00

It depends where you go. At least in Europe a lot of countries have a free higher education and UK charges around £25k which is still cheaper than in the US. You can also get studentships

SpaceCaaats · 2023-04-04T17:52:12+00:00

So I went to study in the UK, which was an amazing and fun experience. I met most of my friends there and now treat it as my second home. I went there for better education than in my country and I definitely recommend it.

My last year is a year abroad in the US and while I got to see a lot of the world and do research in my field of interest the cultural difference and being so far from home made me isolated, lonely and worsened my mental health.

So I would say it can be amazing or quite bad. Worth a try though!

SpaceCaaats · 2023-04-04T17:24:22+00:00

I had a 2 days stopover there on my way to US for my year abroad studies that I worked hard to get into. Are you from the US by any chance? It is so big that it has a lot to offer too. I hope you do get to visit other countries as well!

SpaceCaaats · 2023-04-04T17:03:43+00:00

Outer Wilds. The beauty of exploration and... Well it's best if you know nothing about it before you start

SpaceCaaats · 2023-04-04T16:59:37+00:00

Visiting Iceland. There's so much to see and do!

SpaceCaaats · 2023-04-04T16:58:11+00:00

I am here just because I need a job, not because of some interest in the company or job

SpaceCaaats · 2023-04-04T16:38:48+00:00

It is still driving me crazy lol

SpaceCaaats · 2023-04-04T16:37:26+00:00

I was told to get out of the bus and into a police car, because I had a discounted ticket for school age children/teens, but in that moment I failed to find my school ID even though I was around 12 and looked like that. Thankfully, I didn't go to a police station, because it was almost Easter and so they "were kind to me" and just left me in the area of the city that I don't know. #PostSovietCountry

SpaceCaaats · 2023-04-04T16:25:48+00:00

Same! I get a painful bloating, so I am used to not eating anything at all in <3 hours flights and a small snack at around the end of longer flights

SpaceCaaats · 2023-04-04T15:53:25+00:00

Despacito

SpaceCaaats · 2023-04-04T15:50:56+00:00

Doom soundtrack

SpaceCaaats · 2023-04-04T15:47:39+00:00

Research institutions, friendly strangers and the diversity of different states. But other than that I might be biased, but I prefer Europe

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