February 9

I've been keeping a passive watch on jobs offers that pop up in my field in the Marseille area and I must say that now I understand why some people seem to never find a job. Job descriptions are getting more and more specific and sometimes they are asking for unicorns that would accept being paid a barely legal wage! It seems that the main thing is to basically try to mould yourself to somehow fit into a job description instead of looking for the "right job" and that must not be easy for many peeps.

February 10

Reading - what better way to get better at a language than reading? Strangely enough it seems that what is easy for me to read is actually not what my Spanish teacher considers as easy. She gave me some recommendations for young adult books and I couldn't get through a page without giving up! I think they were too hip or something, in the sense that they played with the language too much for me to understand. I found this book from the 70s, so far I've been able to understand it well enough.