Tavistock

That is what is boils down to.
I am about to start a self-funded PhD part-time, and will have to work. Obviously, I would love a job related to what i do, but they pay so badly, are very competitive, and most people are prepared to do them for free anyway, at least at the beginning.

It would also be good to not have to work full time, so I can dedicate more time to my PhD, so that really just lives one option: waitressing. I hate it, but so any other kind of office job, so if it pays (because of tips) a lot better, and allows me to do more music, then, why not?

If anybody has a better idea, please let me know!

P.s. Why would anybody want to ‘play’ being a waitress, I don’t know:
http://www.funny-games.biz/thewaitress.html

In January 2007, i decided I was not going to buy anything that i did not need, and that included new clothes. That was not supposed to be difficult, since as a mature(ish) student, i never had any money anyway. the problem was, at that time I had the best paid job I’ve ever had, although still very low for most people. So I failed, thanks to the January sales I gave in and bought a dress, a skirt and a top.
Since then, I have not bought anything, apart form a bikini, which I needed. Since then, I also moved, and used all my clothing to pad the boxes, thinking that I would open them soon. That has not happened, so I have only what I carried with me on the plane! and it has almost been a year! and you know what? it has been great.
As for food, I am lucky to be married to somebody who can make the most delicious dinner out of leftovers or seemingly ‘nothing’, so that is great.
So i think i already do this, but i am about to move again, back to the Uk, where consumerism is much worse, and where I will again be working and studying. So let’s see how it goes!

This is very important, I need to learn to put myself in other peoples shoes, not just to think what I would do in their situation. Also to understand other people’s feelings when they are not being communicated directly, I mean, learn to look!!
My husband can guess my mood just by looking at my face or listening to my tone of voice, I can’t even begin to make a guess about how he feels unless he actually tells me.
I don’t want to be like this!!