Fake Pubski because someone has to, I guess
Looking forward to an adventurous 2024. I have a day job, but what I'm really interested in is a drug discovery company that I started on the side. In 2023 I hired a postdoc, and we've been working tirelessly to optimize a drug screening assay. On the downside, I was recently told by NSF that they're not going to fund a grant I applied for. It was disappointing news but not devastating. On the upside, our assay is running really well, and we're generating data every day at this point, which is wild. Wasn't 100% sure we'd get there with all the trouble it put us through. But that's science. Solve problem 1. Solve problem 2. Keep going until problem 300 is solved and you're in business. Big shoutout to kleinbl00 for recommending just trawling Indeed for resumes, as that's where I found my postdoc and I would be exactly nowhere without her. Money will quickly become an issue later this year, but I'm hopeful I can convince some investors that what we're doing is worthwhile. Wish me luck. It's quixotic, but the payoff in terms of how many people I think I can help keeps me excited to do the work every day.
pretty tired of being sick and seeing people around me get sick, but that seems to be the cycle since...september? getting a little worried that the rest of life is going to be a period of 3-4 months of health for me and those around me with 1-2 week illnesses breaking those periods up. pretty sure i'm going to get a coach for a few months for outdoors/athletics performance. happy to spend some money to, at the least, better create my own training plans in the future.
Life is weird... we live in our own little overlapping circles... family, friends, work, hobbies, religion, clubs.... and normally, for me, those circles ebb and flow as far as time/energy commitments go. a given week might be a busy church week, but work is slow. Sometimes two areas might feel busy... this week ALL OF THE CIRCLES ARE DEMANDING ALL OF THE TIME. but it's ok... lots of good things happening... just lots right now.