Zach Lipton

And so I just, I come back to that from like that experience of like working in that environment where it was just like you were, you're just grateful to have an opportunity to do the thing that you loved.

And where, when I started as a PhD student, it was a race.

Like I was saving money hand over fist, making like, you know, $30,000 a year.

And that was probably less than $30,000.

That was probably $30,000 including some like side income because I was still playing some jazz gigs, you know?

Yeah.

And I just, I just try to bring that back that like that level of rejection, that level of like economic austerity to, to, to live in that and, and find purpose and joy in it, I think is like a grounding.

Like it brings me back anytime, anytime you think about like what's going on in the funding climate and who's raising what.

And I, I just think that that is like the most, you know, if I need to just like, be like, wait, ground yourself a little bit, where am I and find my core.

I go back to the multi-fig.

Yeah.

Thank you, Jonathan.

Really been a joy.

Thanks for having me.

He told me that a man goes through his midlife crisis when he experiences the mortality of his father. That rang true to me, and it also helped me explain why, in a sudden burst of inspiration, I bought a 20-year-old motorcycle while my father was dying of cancer. I bought this beautiful machine without even knowing how to ride a motorcycle, not even having my license.

He told me that a man goes through his midlife crisis when he experiences the mortality of his father. That rang true to me, and it also helped me explain why, in a sudden burst of inspiration, I bought a 20-year-old motorcycle while my father was dying of cancer. I bought this beautiful machine without even knowing how to ride a motorcycle, not even having my license.

He told me that a man goes through his midlife crisis when he experiences the mortality of his father. That rang true to me, and it also helped me explain why, in a sudden burst of inspiration, I bought a 20-year-old motorcycle while my father was dying of cancer. I bought this beautiful machine without even knowing how to ride a motorcycle, not even having my license.

I didn't tell anyone, especially not in my family, about my purchase because I'm from a traditional Jewish family and it would have killed my mother to know I was out there on the open road. My father's prolonged battle with cancer would come to a head in May 2017 when he was taken to the emergency room because he had trouble breathing.

I didn't tell anyone, especially not in my family, about my purchase because I'm from a traditional Jewish family and it would have killed my mother to know I was out there on the open road. My father's prolonged battle with cancer would come to a head in May 2017 when he was taken to the emergency room because he had trouble breathing.

I didn't tell anyone, especially not in my family, about my purchase because I'm from a traditional Jewish family and it would have killed my mother to know I was out there on the open road. My father's prolonged battle with cancer would come to a head in May 2017 when he was taken to the emergency room because he had trouble breathing.