You're a scientist if...

Not sure who needs to hear this today, but I thought I'd draft up this motivational speech here:

If you're troubleshooting a failed experiment or instrument, you're a scientist.

If you're processing data, you're a scientist.

If you're presenting data, you're a scientist.

If you make the impossible a reality, you're a scientist.

If you're managing a lab with a bunch of semi competent 20 years old, you're a scientist.

If you're worrying about your chemistry/biochem working, you're a scientist

If you're Drafting a proposal for a half baked idea your client had on a whim, you're a scientist

If you've ever been yelled at because something didn't work, you're a scientist

If you're digging through literature that barely pertains to what you're doing, you're a scientist

If you're hunting down rich clients trying to push a relevant research project for your lab, you're a scientist

If you've worked with the same piece of overpriced crap of instrumentation for 10 years trying to do one weird, niche test, you're a scientist

If when trying to explain how the heck your experiment/instrumentation works, you feel like a paranoid weirdo exposing an underground global conspiracy you're a scientist

If you find it too much to explain exactly what you do for a living to randos at the bar and give an answer so dumbed down it sounds like you're a glorified plumber, you're a scientist

If your doctor asks you what you do for a living and when you tell them, their reaction is "oh man, I hated that in med schoool" you're a scientist.

If you feel like everything around is basically the field you're studying in, you may be a physicist. And probably a scientist.