Number of resolutions met since retreat: Does this blog count?
Date : 26th April 2010 Days since retreat : 3 Stress level since retreat : up Number of resolutions met since retreat : Does this blog count? Today was the first working day after the retreat. Hectic...
View ArticleBig puzzles like this don’t get solved overnight do they?
Somehow, since the retreat, I find myself more aware of everything that I do during the day. Mostly work things, but also in my free time. It’s as if I’m trying to make myself realize which of the...
View ArticleStaring at the separate pixels...
In the year 2000, there was a great millennium exposition in the city of Utrecht. There were all kinds of creative art projects all around town. I was wandering through town to see some of them and at...
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Who is this Polly anyway?
As you may have read in my introduction, Polly Madsinger is not my real name. However, I didn't just pick a funny name, there is actually a thought behind it:At one point not too long ago, someone...
View ArticleSo, how to do it?
How to figure out what you want to do with your career (if it is not going to be academic research) and where to go?A while ago I figured I should just take some time off work, stay at home, do some...
View ArticleAre we used as disposable employees?
Last week, I heard the news that yet another postdoc colleague is leaving the department. I see them leaving one by one, disillusioned and fed up. Fed up with grant proposals being denied, with...
View ArticleWake-up call
This morning, I got hit in the face by my girlfriend. Luckily, not literally, but it still hurt. I was reluctant to get out of bed and go to work (in my defense, it is Friday today). I was complaining...
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Sometimes you have to stand still for a while to get ahead…
My postulate for today (well, this week actually, maybe even this month): When you’re a bit stuck in deciding what to do with your career, it is ok not to do anything for a while. At least that is my...
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