So, thank you for your concern, but I’m going to do X. Now. While I still can.

Here’s what I do have: a little over 1 year left on a super-rad postdoctoral fellowship that I view as nothing short of a gift from the universe to study its marvels in the best way I know how. After that, I can't say for sure that I’ll be a professional scientist anymore.

Agreed about Face the Strange!