Clarity

What do I want to do/achieve/be?

Even if you don’t know exactly where you want to take your career over the next 5, 10, 15,…, 50 years, can you talk about a direction of travel and the risks you are prepared to take to pursue it? Much of what is written about resilience building is about having something that you are working towards and perhaps something that involves personal and professional growth. This section is written with the knowledge that the research environment is a precarious one with little stability or guarantees of employment. Does this prevent you having a view of the future or some clear (and possibly flexible) goals? If you can manage your day to day resilience through focus, managing procrastination, keeping yourself balanced with holidays, family time and investment in yourself is there an opportunity for you to take on more challenges to help you grow in a different, new or more resilient direction? What might be possible, if you can find a way through the day-today challenges and focus on things that you are working towards?