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If you are a regular listener to this podcast, you will remember that at the end of September last year, I said I was taking a break from the podcast.Â
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Originally I had planned to just take October off. But I ended up taking off until now – January of 2022.Â
Now when I say took a break, I wasn’t taking a vacation or doing nothing. Instead, I needed that time to focus on other things. So I paused the podcast, YouTube, my newsletters, and pretty much all of social media.Â
This was REALLY hard for me to do, but it was worth it. I needed to take this time to focus on other things.Â
I can tell you that as a scientist, especially a scientist who is highly interested in outreach and communication, we have so many things to do. I’ve learned that I have to say no to some things to get anything done.
On this week’s podcast, I talk about the beauty and the power in taking breaks. It’s really about saying no to something else. In this case, it was me saying no to me! (This is a problem I have – I want to do ALL the things).Â
Specifically, I talk about the importance of saying no and how to know what to say no to.Â
At the end, I update you on what I’ve been doing and where I see the Fancy Scientist going for this new year in 2022. I love new years. It is such an exciting time because there is just so much possibility!
New year – new version of you. I am going to empower you today to say no and offer you insight on how fantastic it felt to say no to some projects and say yes to others to accomplish the goals most important to me.Â
