Matthew Gedye
blog.gedye.me/now
Living your life on your own terms, even if it rejects a typical social paradigm, is more beneficial for your health than good food or exercise. You don't have to do anything crazy. Even straying off the path a little bit can have profound benefit if it's what you really want. The trick is drowning out the voice inside that says it's too risky or people will change their opinion of you. This is rarely the case. We only get one life. Why live it the way others do just because 'that's how it's always been done?'
Location:
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Professional title:
Doctoral candidate
What do you do?
I'm a scientist with aspirations to conduct research at the intersection of molecular biology, comparative physiology and evolutionary medicine.
Why?
I'm a very curious person with lots of ideas, but spent much of my twenties miserable as I struggled to imagine how to 'deploy myself' professionally. I was terrified of the drudgery of a 9-5 and knew that I wanted to do something creative. Research is a wonderful platform for this, as I get to spend long periods of time immersed in the solitude of lab work, analysing data or writing, and I have the flexibility to do it all on my own schedule.
What should we read?
The Lion Tracker's Guide to Life by Boyd Varty