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To come out of the rat race, I took another step in 2023 CE. With due apologies to my highly respected nominators, I withdrew my nominations from the science academies six months after the nomination. No disrespect to the academies, but it was my personal choice. I feel more relaxed and happy now. From 2024 CE onward, I will try my best to concentrate more on actual research that solves at least one fundamental question or helps society. It could be also the development of a useful methodology (something I could do during my PhD).
I was slowly taking steps. A few years back, I stopped applying for awards, was able to block my nomination for a private research society membership (famous for its exotic meeting locations), stopped mentioning impact factors against my publications, stopped sending manuscripts of our group projects to journals that accept almost everything and started encouraging my students to publish independently.
I was slowly taking steps. A few years back, I stopped applying for awards, was able to block my nomination for a private research society membership (famous for its exotic meeting locations), stopped mentioning impact factors against my publications, stopped sending manuscripts of our group projects to journals that accept almost everything and started encouraging my students to publish independently.