u/Illustrious-Half1012

Hi all,

Sorry if this subreddit isn't the most appropriate place, I wasn't sure where else to ask.

I've just moved into a new flat and there's a new Hotpoint oven been installed. In my old place I would cook everything on fan settng using the fan instructions on the back of products. I was looking at the instructions and instead of fan oven it says "forced air". I've done some looking and I think it's the same as a fan oven but I'm not 100% sure, and I'm scared of cooking food wrong and getting sick!

There are two options, forced air and eco forced air. Does anyone know if I can use normal fan oven times and temperatures with either of these options? Eco sounds good for saving electricity, but some websites said it takes longer than the instructions would say.

Thank you! :)

Hi all,

I need somewhere to discuss this and maybe get some thoughts - I feel too embarrassed or stupid to discuss it with anyone IRL.

I'm 26 - went to uni straight of high school, wasn't emotionally ready for it, left after first year (going back after the summer holidays was crushing). I was only studying the subjects I had chosen because they were what I was good at in school. I tried doing a counselling course a few years later but ended that after the first term because it wasn't what I thought it would be (very holistic and talk-therapy based), which I know is my own fault for not understanding the basis of the content properly, and I received a job offer which I had to move for anyway.

After working in admin for a computing department, I wanted to move more into the actual computing side of things. My preferences would be support because I like fixing things, or telecoms as I've always been interested in phones. I did some research and found that for most jobs you need at least a HND, which led me to the OU.

The problem that I'm having now is that my motivation for studying has really dropped. My plan was that I would do it for career progression, but speaking to others in the same field, there are barely any jobs in these fields anyway. Most need you to have a driving licence too and I don't drive - I don't have the money to learn either! I also have chronic fatigue and it honestly feels like there something wrong with my brain - whenever it starts learning something new it's like the fatigue and brain fog hits like a brick, which is the same when I'm being shown something new at work too.

I'm not really finding the course content interesting. I enjoyed some like the history of computing, but the Cisco Net Academy was dire. For things like the Python programming, it just doesn't feel relevant to what I want to do. I looked ahead to second year courses to see if they become more specialised but with whatever route I pick, I'd always end up with modules I have no interest in. (Don't get me started on having to do TM123!)

Is this a problem with the course in general? A me problem? I know I have no willpower in general. I don't want to be known as the drop-out again and I don't want to make my family disappointed in me, but I genuinely feel like I have no interest in what I'm learning so it's a giant slog to get through. I have no idea what to do. Just looking for thoughts from anyone who's ever felt similar :(