So during the last months, I have been dealing with paperwork for my school-credit internship in an external company. It’s work involving… paper. Having to run around asking for signatures from the parties involved is certainly not a fun task, especially in this pandemic. It distracts me from the works I’m supposed to do—not that I don’t have enough distractions.

Last Thursday I received a call because I got one part wrong in the agreement, which frustrated me a lot. This made me regret choosing to have my internship in an external company—my uni also provides unpaid internship for students, which requires less paperwork. I made this decision mainly because of peer and family pressure and financial concerns¹—I was not willing to work for someone else for months without compensation². On the bright side, at least now I know I should avoid complicated paperwork for the sake of my sanity (or at least that’s what I tell myself as consolation).