Thread by @JessAStern

Aspirations for academics: a 🧵(1/4)

1. May your heart be bigger than your h-index

2. May you peer review others' work the way you wish to be peer reviewed (the Golden Rule/don't be Reviewer 2)

3. May you never forget what it's like to be a struggling grad student (or postdoc)

Aspirations for academics: (2/4)

4. May you go on vacation

5. May you read for pleasure

6. May you disentangle your worth from your research productivity

7. May you set boundaries

8. May you explore #altac jobs without guilt

9. May you have hobbies & time to do nothing

Aspirations for academics: (3/4)

10. May you be the type of collaborator you'd want to collaborate with

11. May you turn off email notifications on your phone

12. May you remember WHY you do your work

13. May you always allow the world to amaze/surprise/inspire new Qs in you

Aspirations for academics: (4/4)

14. May you sleep

15. May you be happy

16. May you be free of meetings that could have been emails

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