New direction

I've been employed for another three months in my current position. They told me yesterday I got an extension until the day before Christmas. But I'm not happy or excited about it. 

Not even a little. 

I don't think this is the end game for me. 

I think, and I've put a lot of thought into this but I think I want to do research. I want to get out there and see what's happening and find things before someone else does. 

I want to get my hands dirty, and I want to feel like what I do makes a difference. That's what I got into the degree I did, I want to help and try and mitigate some of the damage that humanity has done. 

The job I do now does not fit that bill. I miss the field work, the long days, freezing nights but the satisfaction at the end of it of finding the answer. 

I think that's what I want to do.