Graduating, career and goals (Sep 17, 2013)

Hola,

I've decided to start a blog so I can write about everything that keeps me busy, things that I love, things I don't love as much but trying to put a positive spin on it all since I think that is what everyone should do if you want to move on and enjoy the life you're living. So here goes... 

I'm trying to focus my time on graduating. Yes I've been a student way too long and to be honest I find it uncomfortable to talk about how long I've been studying. It's been 8 years... Yes I've spent 1 of those in Harvard Medical School so I guess I am doing alright. Right?! That has been a comfort of mine, but what I do want the most right now is to start a PhD somewhere in a cool lab and continue my career in the science world. I do see a crossroad coming up because I have applied for a position in a company. The thing is they would prefer me not to have ambitious in pursuing my doctoral degree by means of doing a PhD. So on the 1 hand I could do what I love but struggle through life (or marry a rich man and hopefully be happy that way) or do something I do like and have don't have to struggle moneywise... I still have to wait on a phone call for what it might be... So playing the waiting game with that for now and trying to focus on writing a review on retrotransposons in exosomes. My deadline for the first version is end of this month. Fingers crossed that I will make that happen with my lack of concentration lately.

The lack of concentration is actually due to social media. How ironic that I'm complaining about social media while writing a blog. However I do this for me and to set my thoughts at peace and I don't know, share some stuff on here that I like, even if no one is interested, in a couple of years I'll probably have some nice memories about this all. A sort of virtual diary without getting too much into my personal life if you will. But anyway I'm sidetracking now. I have to learn how to quit with social media, how to say no to the people around me without feeling guilty about it. Have more me time so I can move forward with my life instead of helping everyone with theirs and ending up in quicksand. So what I have promised myself is to leave early for my at the side job (helping out in a store called Marks & Spencer) and get some stationery products at the Action and plan my life out better. I do need an agenda because I hardly ever look at the one in my phone resulting in me forgetting appointments and remembering those at the last moment... This is not a good thing when I have to concentrate on writing a review since this always happens when I have that planned out for the evening. 

But anyway I don't want to make super long posts so I always have something to write about the next time. Maybe I'll do a 'haul' blog for the stuff I got today! 

<3

Steph