Wednesday, January 07, 2009
new year new blog?
I doubt it, but I figure this is a good time to put something new on here. This is all going to be a year of change for me. My contract is up in a few months and I still don't know what I want to do with my life. As this post doc has gone on I have enjoyed it more and more and I've got to the point where I feel like I've got to grips with everything involved in it and can make interesting and new experiments and results to add to the field. I would like to do another post doc in the biology side of things but I'm not really a biologist anymore (I certainly don't feel like I have an up to date set of skills and knowledge for general biological techniques) even though I know and understand the literature and background. Another problem with going on to another post doc is that I would have to move to a specific city where Himself has recently got a fixed term academic contract. I could do the long distance thing but I don't think I love science that much to do it.
The other obvious career option is industry but that would be more in the physics/chemistry area which I just don't feel confident in even though on paper I have the right skills and background.
Then again there is always the third way which would be to persue some sort of non lab based new career but that still seems weird to me.
And if that isn't enough to worry about I turn 30 just before I lose this current job! And then there is the global recession and general media misery. Maybe I should cut my losses and go off and have babies which is what most of my friends suddenly seem to have done!
The other obvious career option is industry but that would be more in the physics/chemistry area which I just don't feel confident in even though on paper I have the right skills and background.
Then again there is always the third way which would be to persue some sort of non lab based new career but that still seems weird to me.
And if that isn't enough to worry about I turn 30 just before I lose this current job! And then there is the global recession and general media misery. Maybe I should cut my losses and go off and have babies which is what most of my friends suddenly seem to have done!
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You are not the only one for whom this promises to be a year of more change than the last several years. Since I'm rather less designed to have babies than you, I'm hoping this year will bring me a bit of exotic travel, and one or two other pleasant surprises. But whatever happens, this drastic change is inevitable for me, and I hope to face it head on.
Best of luck in finding your own way to take control of your circumstances!
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Best of luck in finding your own way to take control of your circumstances!
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