Dear Diary,

I have been seeing some of my friends from university on various emails and conferences and things. They are mostly postdocs and lecturers when they do get mentioned. The future of academia, the present of young talent as well. Good for them. I am really impressed at the things they have managed to achieve. Good for them.

I got up a bit later than usual today. I am up now, and I am going to try and get things done today. Try and do my best with my situation...try and push myself and ...improve my situation.

Really impressed at those guys. One of my friends from uni who I keep in regular contact with is on his second postdoc, this time in the UK.