u/the-bi-frost

I have a pretty thick case so I don't think a remote with a clip would work. For my other eReader, I bought a tolino flip, but it's unfortunately not compatible with Pocketbook.

Vorneweg, ich weiß, dass mein Post manchen komisch vorkommen wird, aber ich habe zur Zeit einige psychische Probleme, die dazu führen, dass ich starke Konzentrationsprobleme habe und viele Flüchtigkeitsfehler mache, bzw., dass von mir erwarte, Flüchtigkeitsfehler zu machen. Es ist auch mein erster Job, und ich bin auch sehr schlecht in Mathe bin, und ich möchte auf keinen Fall hier was falsch machen und viel Lärm um nichts machen, da ich starke Angst vor Konfrontationen habe. Ich brauche nur eine kurze Bestätigung von ein paar Anderen, dass ich es nicht falsch verstanden habe. Ich bin mir eigentlich schon sehr sicher, dass hier ein Fehler von meinem Arbeitgeber vorliegt.

Ich war in dem Unternehmen als Werkstudent (20h/Woche bei 14€/h). Nach Beendigung meines Studiums habe ich mich entschieden, dort noch etwas zu bleiben; in Teilzeit bei 30h/Woche bei wahrscheinlich weiterhin 14€/h.

Im Vetrag steht, dass ich um die 1800€ brutto bekomme, aber in der letzten Abrechung stand etwa 1350€ Gesamtbrutto drauf, und auf meinem Konto sind etwa 1050€ gelandet.

Hier ist doch eindeutig ein Fehler passiert, oder? "Gesamtbrutto" ist doch der Betrag komplett ohne Abzüge, also das, was in meinem Vertrag eigentlich als 1800 steht. Und die 1800 sind unter Steuerklasse 1 bei 30h/Woche und 14€/h doch auch korrekt, oder? 14x30x4,3=1800. Netto müsste ich laut Onlinerechnern dann also etwa 1300 bekommen also kann es sein, dass sie brutto und netto vertauscht haben? Oder sie haben vergessen zu aktualisieren, dass ich nicht mehr 20h/Woche sondern 30h/Woche arbeite.

Wenn ich hier echt Recht habe, ist es schlimm, dass ich mich erst jetzt melde? Im Juni ist es mir noch nicht aufgefallen, da ich noch zur Hälfte des Monats als Werkstudent angestellt war und deshalb nicht so wenig Geld ankam. Im Juli habe ich mir eingeredet, dass ich etwas falsch verstanden habe und, dass mein Arbeitgeber schon Recht hat oder, dass es vielleicht ein einmaliger Fehler von ihm war. Aber jetzt ist die Abrechnung die gleiche. Kann ich Probleme mit der Personalabteilung bekommen, weil ich mich erst jetzt melde, obwohl es mir ja eigentlich schon im Juli aufgefallen ist?

Wie gesagt, sorry, dass ich eine wahrscheinlich offensichtliche Frage stelle, aber es ist schon schwer genug, meinen Arbeitgeber diesbezüglich zu kontaktieren, wenn ich Recht habe, es wäre die Hölle für mich, wenn ich ihn kontanktiere und rauskommt, ich war zu verpeilt und habe was falsch verstanden.

Ich konnte während meinem Studium weiter zu Hause wohnen und bin vor kurzem fertig geworden. Ich wohne in einer ländlichen Gegend und möchte dann gerne in eine Großstadt oder Nähe ziehen. Im Moment jobbe ich, um mir das finanzieren zu können. Ich würde dann alleine in eine 1-2 Zimmer Mietwohnung ziehen. Anfangs bräuchte ich auch nicht alle Möbel und Geräte, und könnte locker noch ein paar Monate warten, bis ich dann dort alles zusammen habe und ich würde das meiste auch Secondhand kaufen. Wie viel sollte ich in etwa einplanen, bevor ich ausziehen? Ich würde schon lieber so früh wie möglich einen neuen Job suchen und ausziehen aber möchte zusätzlich zu den Kosten für Umzug+neue Wohnung zur Sicherheit noch etwas extra ansparen.

I got my license back in 2017 but I was too scared to drive so I never drove ever since. My biggest fear is causing an accident. When I am very stressed, I sometimes get overwhelmed and I was worried that I could not multitask and that I would overlook something. I did not trust myself to drive without someone else next to me who could brake if I did something wrong. And now I've obviously forgotten most of how to drive.

But I've grown frustrated with myself for not being able to drive, and there have been several situations where I was relying on my father or brother for transportation and I finally want to be independent. It took a lot of effort but I called my local driving school (not the one where I got my license since I've moved) and asked for refresher driving lessons.

For those of you who have been in a similar situation, who have managed to start driving again after never driving since they got their license, what has helped you to finally make it? Honestly, I don't feel very different about driving than I did 10 years ago. I still get overwhelmed and lose focus when I have to multitask while being stressed. The only thing that has changed is that now I really want to and don't want to rely on public transportation anymore.

I'm not only looking for advice solely related to driving but also in general. For example, could maybe meditation (obvs. not while driving) help to increase focus, or things like that.

I got my license in 2017 and I didn't drive ever since because I was just too scared. I could drive fine knowing my instructor could brake in an emergence but I could not handle carrying all the responsibility myself. My main fear is making a mistake and causing an accident and hurt another person or worse. In 2021 or so I practiced a bit with a family member on a parking lot but only briefly. I am tired of being so independent and I just wanna drive again.

I have a few steps in place so that I get slowly used to driving again. I also plan to take some classes with a driving instructor. At first I'll probably drive automatic because it's easier but I wanna be able to drive gear shift because that's what I got qualified for and I just want to be able to do it again.

But after taking classes I will have to drive on my own eventually and I wanna finally go through with it and not get scared and stop trying again.

What are some things I could do to be less scared? Like, what are some strategies I could implement in these moments? Or some general advice to be more focused in the moment and become more confident in myself that I won't cause an accident?

I got my license in 2017 and I didn't drive ever since because I was just too scared. My main fear is making a mistake and causing an accident and hurt another person or worse. In 2021 or so I practiced a bit with a family member on a parking lot but only briefly. I am tired of being so independent and I just wanna drive again.

I have a few steps in place so that I get slowly used to driving again. I also plan to take some classes with a driving instructor. But after this I will have to drive on my own eventually and I wanna finally go through with it and not get scared and stop trying again.

What are some things I could do to be less scared? Like, what are some strategies I could implement in these moments? Or some general advice to be more focused in the moment and become more confident in myself that I won't cause an accident?

I'm really happy with my Era but I just found out that the Era has a 1200 display while the Era Lite has a 1300 display, and that the Era Lite weighs a little less. I found different information online about how much it actually weighs less. But those things are the only things that I slightly dislike about the Era: the contrast is a little low and I have to turn up brightness quite a bit, and it's a little heavy.

I do have a Tolino Shine (=Kobo Clara) which I think also has a 1300 display but I have bad eyes and astignatism and for me the display is not significantly better than the Era display except that I don't have to turn up brightness a much. But I wonder if I would notice a difference with a larger display. And I don't think I'll ever need the speakers.

If I could buy it again I would get the Era Lite now, but I'm not sure if it would be worth it for me to go through the hassle of selling the Era and hoping that I'll get enough money out of that to cover buying the Era Lite. Has anyone compared these devices to each other in person and could tell if the difference is actually that noticeable?

There are a few things in my private life that are affecting me negatively. There is nothing that can be done about it at the moment, but I'm working towards it by working at this job and saving up money so that I can move out which will solve most things. But I am having a hard time trying not to let these things from my private life affect me while I'm at work.

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It's a retail job and we have to approach every customer and talk to them about out products so being in a bad mood that openly shows is really bad. I know that my mood shows because one of managers is constantly asking me if everything's okay, and also customers are sometimes looking at me weirdly. I also unfortunately often make mistakes or forget things because I just can't focus and keep drifting off in my thoughts. Some days are really bad and I almost cry in front of everyone. My managers are nice but I can tell that particularly one of them is really annoyed with me sometimes even though he tries to hide it because he often has to remind me of things that I forgot or did wrong. It makes me feel even worse. I'm not new and I was properly trained so I 100% should not mess up these things anymore.

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Then, when I am at home, I have the opposite problem. I spend hours thinking about how I was at work, that I did not do my best, that my managers are annoyed with me, I keep thinking about all the mistakes I made and how immature it is that I cannot regulate my emotions. Sometimes I waste all of my free time doing this, in the morning I plan to spend my evening reading a book or sth but then I just keep ruminating until I go to sleep.

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What are some mental exercises that I could implement? I need things that I can do in my head while being among my coworkers and customers because I can't constantly step out and go to the bathroom. Something that helps me to strictly separate work and private life. I have looked into meditation in the past but it has never worked for me. I just can't notice my thoughts without engaging in them.

There are a few things in my private life that are affecting me negatively. There is nothing that can be done about it at the moment, but I'm working towards it by working at this job and saving up money so that I can move out which will solve most things. But I am having a hard time trying not to let these things from my private life affect me while I'm at work.

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It's a retail job and we have to approach every customer and talk to them about out products so being in a bad mood that openly shows is really bad. I know that my mood shows because one of managers is constantly asking me if everything's okay, and also customers are sometimes looking at me weirdly. I also unfortunately often make mistakes or forget things because I just can't focus and keep drifting off in my thoughts. Some days are really bad and I almost cry in front of everyone. My managers are nice but I can tell that particularly one of them is really annoyed with me sometimes even though he tries to hide it because he often has to remind me of things that I forgot or did wrong. It makes me feel even worse. I'm not new and I was properly trained so I 100% should not mess up these things anymore.

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Then, when I am at home, I have the opposite problem. I spend hours thinking about how I was at work, that I did not do my best, that my managers are annoyed with me, I keep thinking about all the mistakes I made and how immature it is that I cannot regulate my emotions. Sometimes I waste all of my free time doing this, in the morning I plan to spend my evening reading a book or sth but then I just keep ruminating until I go to sleep.

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What are some mental exercises that I could implement? I need things that I can do in my head while being among my coworkers and customers because I can't constantly step out and go to the bathroom. Something that helps me to strictly separate work and private life. I have looked into meditation in the past but it has never worked for me. I just can't notice my thoughts without engaging in them.

I just got myself a Pocketbook Era specifically because of the Pocketbook x Libby integration but I cannot find my library. :/ I tried all sorts of keywords, zip codes etc. but it's not working. My library card is working just fine in the Libby App on my phone and laptop and I can find my library without issues there. Has anyone experienced this as well or know what I could try?

Edit: I found out that you can access Libby via the browser on the PocketBook and download your loans from there as an epub file, which worked for me! :) But it would still be great if I could do it through the app, too.

It seems that e/OS does not have in a buid-in feature to track your screen time (or I haven't been able to find it yet. Are there any external apps that don't drain the battery and also don't have any privacy issues?

I have a tolino Shine 5 but want to get a second eReader that has an Overdrive integration. I'm very happy with my tolino and thinking about getting a kobo Clara BW (which is almost identical to my ereader) but it's a bit expensive for me to only get as a secondary device, especially since I can already read Libby books on my device by connecting it to a computer. What is the best cheaper alternative that also has this integration? I don't need a color screen, and I love the 6 inch screen and don't really want a bigger one.

I got my Fairphone 6 with e/OS a few days ago and the first few days the App Lounge was working just fine, but since yesterday I am unable to download or update any apps. I'm logged in anonymously, and I already tried logging out and back in, deleting the cache and the storage of the App Lounge App, and restarting the phone but I still can't download anything. I've read that Aurora is a better App Store so I'll check that out, but I still wanna be able to update the apps that I have

My old iPhone broke and I got a Fairphone 6 with eOS. Because the iPhone wasn't working, I manually copied all photos from iCloud to an external drive connected to my laptop, and then connected the Fairphone to my laptop and transfered the photos via USB. Now I got all my photos on my Fairphone, but the dates of the photos in the pre-installed Gallery app have all been changed to May 5. Is there a way I can restore the original date of when the photos have been taken or a way I can transfer the photos again without changing the date? My iPhone is mostly working again for now, but because I don't use Google I cannot transfer the photos directly from phone to phone either