{"id":2910,"date":"2019-06-11T10:08:51","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T10:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/i-love-what-i-do-and-wouldnt-change-it-for-the-world\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T13:13:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T13:13:47","slug":"i-love-what-i-do-and-wouldnt-change-it-for-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/i-love-what-i-do-and-wouldnt-change-it-for-the-world","title":{"rendered":"I love what I do and wouldn&#8217;t change it for the world!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">I really do love what I do. I get to do the most fun things: researching microbiology and tissue engineering, and then bringing them together to look at microbiological infections of cells.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Doing a PhD is amazing. It is hard work, long hours, and you never really switch off \u2013 forever thinking, planning, analyzing, dreaming of the project \u2013 which, yes, is exhausting, but I wouldn\u2019t change it for the world.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">It\u2019s not for everyone, of course, and you get out of it what you want to. So for me, I grabbed it by the horns and have made the most of my (nearly) three years in academia. I\u2019ve networked with hundreds of people, found out things that nobody ever knew before, and presented my work all around the world. I\u2019m so proud of what I have achieved so far within this project, and I just wanted to say that I am so lucky to have not only the academic support of my supervisory team (which is the best that exists anywhere as far as I\u2019m concerned), but also the day-to-day support of my family, friends, colleagues, and even people I have never met before but interact with frequently through the wonders of the internet. The roller coaster of a ride during the PhD is real, with super high highs, and low lows\u2026 but perseverance, so they say, will help you win!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">I\u2019m getting all delusional, and beyond tired, writing papers at midnight\u2026 so that\u2019s all for now! (Still wouldn\u2019t change a thing!)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i>Dr. Daniel Morse (<\/i><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danieljmorse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>@danieljmorse<\/i><\/a><i>) is a Postdoctoral <\/i><i>Research Associate at Cardiff University. This story was published on August 18, 2016, on Dr. Morse\u2019s blog,<\/i><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/imascientist.net\/\"><i> I\u2019m A Scientist<\/i><\/a><i> (available <\/i><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/imascientist.net\/i-love-what-i-do\"><i>here<\/i><\/a><i>), and has been republished here with his permission.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I really do love what I do. I get to do the most fun things: researching microbiology and tissue engineering, and then bringing them together to look at microbiological infections of cells. 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