I’m doing it

It’s been four years since I left working in education. To think I almost fully immersed myself and walked away for science completely. There are things about it I miss, working with kids especially. There was never a day that was like the last.

I always felt out of place. It was not my field and it felt like I was always learning on the job.

But now I am back to where I feel more comfortable. Not like before. It’s different this time.

I still have the same goals as before.

I wouldn’t be doing this if I didn’t think I could make a difference.

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I’m actually doing science as a career. Still remember during my time in grad school. It was hard to see myself as a scientist bc I wasn’t really making a living it doing it. Instead, I worked as much as I could on the side, all while running experiments and writing my thesis to support my passion for science.

You also learn about science in books, but to actually be doing it. It felt unreal.

I really did not have a plan in how I was going to make a living doing something I actually wanted to do.

It wasn’t easy. It took so many tries. In the meantime I went deeper into education because it has always been my second passion. When I started college I actually wanted to be a science teacher. So would rather be doing that than working some part time job doing mindless nonstop work for some company.

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It’s been four years of actually working in my field. I learned so many things I didn’t already know.

Just recently I started learning the last method my lab does that I had not previously been trained on and it’s been so much work.

But I’m also working to making all these changes to improve the way the lab runs.