I have to fly out today to meet with the MD I do most of my studies with. This was supposed to be next week, but the MD has a last-minute commitment. So I have to travel last minute. boo. I never understood the significance of New Year's Day as a holiday. It seems so arbitrary. Up until my early 20s I stood up all night, partied, danced, did the countdown, had a resolution, etc. But mid-20s I stopped. I just realized it wasn't as fun, and I could never think of anything I had to change and I didn't think I needed a special day to implement said change.
So I didn't stay up all night. I watched movies with my spouse and my cute dog; drank some beer a friend brought in from Oregon. Very fun and relaxing night. I haven't stayed up past 11pm for quite some time. And I only stay up that late when there's a hospital study that goes late.
It's not that I can't stay up. When there's work to be done, I can stay up. In grad school I regularly had to perform late night or early morning experiments going-until or starting at times of 3am. It was fun. In industry, we work pretty standard hours, and I do miss the crazy times a little because I felt like a crazy scientists those times. Hopefully, I'll have some crazy academic research nights in the near-future. Wait, what the hell am I saying?! Actually, maybe I'll just stay in industry... :)
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