Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Single-minded scientist

I won't be, and am not currently, a single-minded scientist type. I just want to state for the record, when I enter my independent career as a faculty member in academia, I will have a life. I will have a life during and up to and after the tenure review.
This has been on my mind a lot, as I am deciding to accept or decline a faculty position recently offered to me. Then, I read this post and I decided to put my intentions out to the world at large.
I run, rock climb, bake, do yoga, ski, hike, drink EtOH and visit family. I will do all of that AND be an excellent scientist in academia.
There is room for someone like me in academia. I refuse to fit the mold of the single-minded type. My balance-as I have mentioned before- is more skewed towards science and work than my climber friends for example, and that is an excellent choice for me, but I won't be single-minded about science.
This is all I have time for today, as I am about to leave the lab to go climb rock.

1 comments:

Anne-Marie said...

Hey-where are you? Missing your posts!

AM