
{"id":3001,"date":"2019-06-26T10:11:11","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T10:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/should-i-do-what-i-love-or-love-what-i-do\/"},"modified":"2025-04-05T12:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T12:09:11","slug":"should-i-do-what-i-love-or-love-what-i-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/should-i-do-what-i-love-or-love-what-i-do","title":{"rendered":"Should I do what I love or love what I do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive\" title=\"Default Title Text\" src=\"http:\/\/insights.cactusglobal.com\/sites\/default\/files\/Should%20I%20do%20what%20I%20love%20or%20love%20what%20I%20do%20Image%201.jpg\" alt=\"Default Alt text\" data-file_info=\"%7B%22fid%22:%228870%22,%22view_mode%22:%22default%22,%22fields%22:%7B%22format%22:%22default%22,%22field_file_image_alt_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22Default%20Alt%20text%22,%22field_file_image_title_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22Default%20Title%20Text%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Btextfield%5D%22:%22%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Bvalue_field%5D%22:%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%22%7D,%22type%22:%22media%22%7D\" \/><\/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 was seven years ago, when I was first exposed to scientific research as an Honours student in a laboratory led by Ian Dawes. I was amazed by his intelligence and his research \u2013 very sophisticated, yet interesting. Without knowing what lab life would be like, I decided that I wanted to work with him and to learn from him. While my first research year was sometimes difficult and stressful, with countless sleepless nights, I learnt a lot and was also lucky enough to get to enjoy a few little Eureka moments. That\u2019s when I started to understand what lab life is like.<\/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;\">As a graduate with a Biology degree, I was at a career crossroads. Pursuing a doctoral degree was a very straightforward and tempting option. But I also understood that, if Honours was a sprint \u2013 short and intensive \u2013 then with a PhD, you\u2019d be training for a marathon \u2013 greater discipline and endurance were required; along with a 3 year commitment (or longer). I knew I wasn\u2019t ready for that. I needed to enter the workforce and to explore other options. I loved doing experiments, I loved science, but pursuing a PhD was not the only option, and at that point, I couldn\u2019t convince myself that that\u2019s where my passion ultimately lies simply because I hadn\u2019t tried other things. I always believe that it is never too late to change your career path because it feels so much better and fulfilling to be doing something you truly enjoy doing. I see sparks in the eyes of a friend talking about his singing career, a YouTuber when he was telling me all the interesting ideas he had for his new videos, a corporate lawyer explaining the multi-million dollar transactions she was involved in, and of course, many scientists presenting their life-changing research at conferences. These people\u2026 they are charismatic and they shine from the inside.<\/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 needed to find out what I was passionate about. Someone once told me, you should do what you love because that is what you will do well in. To explore alternatives, I decided to join a start-up biotechnology company as a research officer and at the same time, also picked up a part time tutoring job. I was fortunate enough to be entrusted with a range of important tasks at the company \u2013 grant applications and reporting, marketing and collaboration, and I was given the opportunity to work with world class researchers from UCSF. I started to get a clearer idea of what I was passionate about: I love teaching and I love doing research.<\/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 decided that I wanted to be an academic in science \u2013 a career that will allow me to educate future generations and to contribute to a larger body of scientific knowledge; both of which will help to shape the society of tomorrow. I started a PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics. Some might say I had just wasted two years of my life and that I could have started my PhD candidature two years earlier. But I wouldn\u2019t have appreciated this career decision as much as I do now if I had done that. If you have been following our blog posts on WLLL*, you would know by now that we, as scientists, explore the unknown and that this task is daunting yet exciting. I still remember vividly the day I received an email forwarded from my supervisor in the middle of the night, when I was half asleep, notifying me that my first paper had been accepted for publication by a prestigious journal. And also the day I presented at one of our lab meetings explaining why we should terminate a project that I had been working on for more than 2 years.<\/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;\">Whenever I was on the verge of giving up, I asked myself a question \u2013 if I were given another chance to rewind and restart, would I have chosen a different career path? The answer had always been NO. While I would like to believe that my research contributes significantly to society, it is not just about benefiting society, as I have grown and learned to become a better person (and researcher) in the process. Now here I am\u2026 a second year postdoctoral research scientist and ready to move on and to take up new challenges in another part of the world and from a research field that is very new to me.<\/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 had always wondered\u2026 Should one do what they love or love what they do. After all these years, I realised that they are the same thing, one can do what they love and therefore love what they do, or try to love what they do and are thus, doing what they love. And I believe that passion is something that develops as the result of contributing to something meaningful. If one can find and truly understand the meaning and the impact of their work, they will start to love their job.<\/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>The past five years with Crossleys have been one of the greatest times in my life. I have learnt so much from a team of very dedicated scientists and a very wise and devoted supervisor, Merlin. I wouldn\u2019t have become who I am today, without any of you, the Crossleys, the Dawes, my beloved friends and family. I also would like to dedicate this post to my dad \u2013 Dad, you probably never realised and I will never have the chance to tell you that in every single decision that I have made and will be making, I aim to be someone that you will be proud of, just like how proud I am to be your daughter.<\/i><\/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>What Lab Life is Like<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i>Catheryn Wooi Fang Lim (<\/i><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CatherynLim88\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>@CatherynLim88<\/i><\/a><i>) is a research associate. <\/i><i>This story was published on June 30, 2017, on the <\/i><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/crossleylab.wordpress.com\"><i>Crossley Lab Blog<\/i><\/a><i> (available <\/i><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/crossleylab.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/30\/should-one-do-what-they-love-or-love-what-they-do\/\"><i>here<\/i><\/a><i>), and has been republished here with permission.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was seven years ago, when I was first exposed to scientific research as an Honours student in a laboratory led by Ian Dawes. 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