This is the view from the window next to my desk at work. I like my job.
The past two days, I attended a career development workshop that was hosted by my university. It was great. I have all of these ideas swirling around in my head right now. I know without a doubt that I want to stay in the realm of academia. But in addition to that, I would love to do freelance medical writing. There are lots of different jobs associated with medical writing including helping other scientists write papers and grants, writing informational pamphlets, and writing science policy. While I do like writing papers and grants, I get my fill of that kind of writing in my regular job. If I'm going to do something on the side for fun, I'm more interested in what some people might call soft science (ie. writing about science topics for websites, newspapers, etc.). I don't know why I'm telling you this. I guess I just want to put it on the record. I tend to forget about things like this - things I like to do instead of things I have to do.
