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a slightly cheering thought

mood: hopeful hopeful

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter;
to search out a matter is the glory of kings.

- Proverbs 25:2


When my thoughts turn to my research, I feel a knot in my stomach and a welling up of fear. I feel frustrated and ineffective, as the questions billow and the attempts to find answers either reveal more questions (best case) or reveal dead ends (better than nothing, I suppose). What it really amounts to is wasted time and nothing to show for it.

Perhaps I will feel more cheerful after our free lunch! :)

Posted on Sep. 7th, 2004 at 12:05 pm | | Leave a comment | 3 comments |

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kerravonsen

Are you perhaps feeling some kind of time-pressure from others to produce "results"? Because what you're describing seems to be somewhat the nature of research itself...

I know when I'm trying to track down a bug, I can get a lot of dead ends, but, however frustrating that may be, it is actually more data than you had before.

Posted on Sep. 7th, 2004 02:19 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

reveilles

It is the nature of research, yes. It was just one of those days when it was the emotional downside of research, not the upside. :) Not a big deal...yesterday afternoon and today are looking better.

My advisors have a great track record with me of not just criticizing shoddy work, but also getting me restarted in a better direction. Thank God! :)
Posted on Sep. 8th, 2004 06:45 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

silly_lilly

i thought there was no such thing as ...

you know the rest
Posted on Sep. 8th, 2004 06:59 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply