As any of you out there in science know, research can really try your patience and motivation.
I got some potentially interesting results, which helps boost that motivation and hope that I will indeed finish grad school someday. I think that an enzyme that breaks down a hormone is downregulated in one of my treatments.
But, as a grad student, I don't want to appear toooo motivated.
Instead of pushing through scoring and photography my experiment today, I left myself in suspense until tomorrow...
Is the corresponding enzyme that essentially creates the active hormone upregulated? Who knows? The answer is sitting in four little vials in the lab.
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Sometimes I don't want to do that last bit of data analysis. Because while it could be good...it could disappointing and ruin my whole week of experiments.
But I'm sure yours will come out well! (I looooove research *sarcastic*)
Seriously, why would anyone want to do scientific research?
/slinks back to the corner and goes back to writing dissertation.../
I sometimes put off looking at a result because I can't take the disappointment right then. I've commiserated with some people and they go through the same thing, so I don't feel badly to admit it.
ugh.
I get some important results this afternoon...
double ugh.
Well, how did everyone's data collecting/dissertation writing go??
I get to present all my findings tomorrow, so I had added incentive to sorta finish up. One of the experiments (the final answer really) wasn't clean enough to get anything from. Oh, well.
I tell ya, you can't beat the motivation of a hard deadline. Of course, it makes life suck pretty hardcore for a while, but things actually get done! Go figure. More on this developing story in a few days...
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