u/Resident_Estimate_85

Je suis étudiante iranienne de 21 ans en licence au conservatoire de musique à Lyon ; j'ai vécu trois ans à Paris avant de m'installer à Lyon l'année dernière.
Mon père a toujours subvenu à mes besoins financiers ; j'ai travaillé un peu à Paris et je vais bientôt commencer à faire du baby-sitting à Lyon.
Cependant, la situation n'a cessé d'empirer en raison de la situation de dans mon pays, et l'argent est devenu un problème majeur ces derniers temps.
Je suis littéralement en mode survie. J'ai réduit au maximum les dépenses superflues et je sors rarement pour me divertir ou faire des activités, hormis... travailler mon instrument.
Soit je m'y prends mal, soit il n'existe vraiment aucune bourse ou aide financière pour les étudiants en musique non ressortissants de l'UE. Je ne suis plus éligible à la CAF et je ne peux apparemment même pas faire de demande auprès du CROUS ; alors, quelles sont les autres options ?
Mon conservatoire a pu obtenir une aide via un fonds social. J’ai reçu 500 € en juin et j'en recevrai autant en septembre, mais cela reste très insuffisant.
J'aimerais pouvoir travailler davantage, mais ma filière exige que je consacre de longues heures à la pratique de mon instrument , tout en préservant ma santé mentale… S'il vous plaît, dites-moi s'il existe la moindre bourse ou aide financière à laquelle je pourrais prétendre... Merci d'avance.

I’m a 21 year old Iranian student in bachelors at the music conservatory in Lyon, I lived 3 years in Paris and moved to Lyon last year.
My dad has always provided for me financially , I worked a bit in Paris and soon I’ll start a baby sitter job in Lyon.
but each year the situation has gotten worse due to my country’s situation, and as of lately money has become a serious problem.
I’m literally on survival mode. I’ve cut down most unnecessary costs and rarely go out have fun or do activities besides… practicing my instrument.
So I’m either bad at this or there genuinely isn’t any sort of scholarship / financial aid for non-EU music students. I’m no longer eligible for the CAF, can’t even apply for CROUS apparently, so what else is there ?
There was a Fond Sociale that my conservatory managed to get hold of , they gave me 500€ in June and I’ll receive another 500€ in September, but that helps very little.
I wish I could do more work but due to the nature of my major I really need to spend long hours practicing my instrument and stay mentally sane at the same time. Please, tell me if there are ANY sort of scholarships or financial support I could be eligible for…. Thanks in advance.

I’m 21 and my longest and only “relationship” lasted almost 3 months when I was 19, apart from that I’ve only had a few one night stands.
And It’s just gut wrenching to be single.
I’ve been approached / asked out a few times in real life by strangers, and also by some acquaintances, I’ve been on dating apps, but I just can’t seem to find the man I’m really looking for. To make it worse I’ve grown an interest in older men and now I rarely find guys my age attractive.
It sucks to see people my age having the most romantic relationship ever and I’m just… there.
I want to experience those things now and not in like 5 or 10 years.
I’m also scared of committing to a long term relationship because I sure as hell am not staying in this city after I finish my studies in 5 years, I’m not even sure i’ll stay in this country…
So yeah just wanted to get this off my chest

Hey so I’m a 21 year old female music student in Lyon, I moved here almost a year ago to start uni after 3 years in Paris . I’ve come to realize that I’m much more comfortable making friends / socializing with English speakers than with the French (even though I have a decent level in French)
Sooo when I come back in September I’d like to make some new English speaking friends , hang out with them and just expand my social circle. So let me know if you’d like to be friends! :D

My two main characters are supposed to be the physical embodiments of a black hole and a white hole, and they both have different powers. I feel like I’ve made them too powerful , and well given their cosmic nature, they are pretty much invulnerable. I figured that their own powers would be what’s dangerous to them the most. They both have endured so much emotion pain and trauma and their mental stability affects their control over their powers.
They live on a planet where technology isn’t advanced yet (imagine for example 1800s on Earth)
there are groups of people who have ancient magic (I’ve called them the Spell Casters)
Yet these two characters possess power unlike anything they’ve seen before.
So the way I’ve set my world and story I can’t think of anything that would make these two characters vulnerable to certain weapons or magic…

I was wondering how do some harpists get invited to play at the World Harp Congress without requesting? And does anyone know when they send invitations to said harpists ?

“Of course I believed it. How couldn’t I ? After all the pain, hunger, and suffering…
She was a glimmer of hope. She was supposed to be our light.
It felt as though the Sacred Helion had decided to compensate us.

And I had made this promise, you see. To rebuild our kingdom.
To make us stronger.
Better.

We deserved it.

I did commit questionable acts,
and in the end ,*** ***as her hands tightened around my throat, she must have wondered if I had ever loved her.

I did.

Everything I did was to make sure she would become strong enough to fight for us.
To save us.

It seems though all I did was… break her.
She slipped right through my fingers, and took her stand behind the enemy in the end.

I should have seen the eclipse coming.

And somehow
It would be my fault.”

Hi everyone, I have tried writing an in-universe monologue from my story, just for fun. the themes are cosmic horror, ancient magic, prophecy, political conflict with philosophical elements.

Of course I believed it. How couldn’t I ? After all the pain, hunger, and suffering…
She was a glimmer of hope. She was supposed to be our light.
It felt as though the Sacred Helion had decided to compensate us.

And I had made this promise, you see.
To rebuild our kingdom.
To make us stronger.
Better.

We deserved it.

I did commit questionable acts,
and in the end ,*** ***as her hands tightened around my throat, she must have wondered if I had ever loved her.

I did.

Everything I did was to make sure she would become strong enough to fight for us.
To save us.

It seems though all I did was… break her.
She slipped right through my fingers, and took her stand behind the enemy in the end.

I should have seen the eclipse coming.

And somehow
It would be my fault.