This year, I decided to start blogging for a number of reasons.
First, I felt that I needed some more practice writing. English is not my first
language and I felt it was a good exercise to try and write short, consistent
pieces every now and then. Also, 2012 was the year in which my lab-buddy left
our lab and that left me feeling kind of lonely in the lab. Not only did I sometimes feel like I was the only one who was doing work in the lab,
but I was also the only one with a baby in the lab. I was great to realize that
online there was a whole host of people who were hardworking post-docs or faculty
with babies, and to read how they do things.
Following DrugMonkey’s example,
here is my (almost) year of blogging (the first sentence of the first post of every month):
March: When I was pregnant, I would sometimes call my mom and wine a little
about how sick I felt, how tired I was and how much I was panicking about how
things would be with a baby.
April: Expressing breast milk; it’s probably the least sexy thing I do on a daily
basis, but I do it, just like I brush my teeth and do the dishes at night.
May: Recently, there were a couple of articles in the news talking about how
breast feeding is not free at all, because women who breastfeed longer than 6
months earn significantly less, even five years after their baby was born,
compared to women who breastfeed shorter than 6 months or women who formula
feed their infants.
June: As I said before, I like reading books about addiction, so when I read on
twitter about this new book by Marc Lewis, a recovered addict turned neuroscientist,
I immediately ordered it.
July: Last weekend we were on vacation in a cabin somewhere in the woods,
which was already nice and calming by itself (well, aside from the storm, power
outage and flat tire…).
August: When I started as a post-doc I felt that this was the period in which it
needed to happen: get at least one high-impact paper.
October: Ever since I watched Twin Peaks (which was only like six years ago) I love
David Lynch' stuff.
November: For some reason the past week has been full of pessimistic (or realistic)
remarks about how bleak the funding situation is.
December: Recently,
it seemed like every conversation I had was about how hard it is to get grants
and how little money there is for science.
Thanks everyone, for reading and commenting!!
I've enjoyed reading your blog this year! Also this 'year of blogging' thing is a great idea. I might do it too.
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