A new kind of procrastination

Ok so I admit it.
I used to think that blogging was a bit strange. Why would you want to write your thoughts down for other people to read, and more importantly, why would they want you to?

That was until I started reading.

My best friend started writing about her love affair with all things food and cooking (see Cookbook Fiend) and that lead to me to looking at other blogs related to my professional interest - Science. I have never felt so motivated in my own work (and interested in the lives of people that I do not know).
I enjoyed "Am I a woman Scientist", "A lady scientist" and "The mother of all scientists" so much that I check for new posts everyday. In particular, I found Dr. Mom's series for "writing your first research paper" at a time where I was doing just that (Thank you so much!).

Can there be people out there that don't know that this resource exists?!

I am now four months in to my Australian Master of Medical Science (molecular biology/genetics), which I intend to convert to a PhD in the next 3 months or so. Given I am at the beginning of my research (and my research proposal is due in a few weeks time) this blog is intended to be a tool for helping me to stay focused, ranting when its needed (and probably when its not) keeping track of my achievements, a place to set goals and practice my writing.

Time to make another coffee.