Too Hyped to ScienceIt was a bit of a struggle to be in the lab today but it wasn't because I didn't want to be there. This entire week I have struggled a bit with maintaining my attention span and felt like a squirrel. I have also been pretty fatigued this week by all the school work. I think it showed in the lab today when I kept having to restart certain steps over and reread the procedure every 5 seconds. I even lost an hour of work by making a tiny mistake that I usually don't make. It was definitely my most spacey day in the lab but I got through it.
Hi Samantha! Oh my, I really relate to this post. I messed up my experiment a few weeks ago miscalculating what I needed to add to my soil causing me to have to redo the entire process I spent 2 hours on in the lab doing. My research mentor Dr. Sweat told me "Welcome to science, at least you have the methodology down at this point" and we laughed. He was right! Science doesn't have to be perfect the first time through, mistakes are going to happen. What its about is how we handle them. So my second time through it only took me 45minutes the second time.
ReplyDeleteHang in there and I'm sure you'll get your groove back in. Thanks for sharing! :)
I totes understand that feeling. Sounds like you are burnt out and need a well deserve rest. Try giving yourself more breaks between work and treat yourself during a break with whatever you like. But the great thing is the semester is ending. Hang in there, you got this girl! Good luck :)!
ReplyDeleteHey, Sammie. Believe it or not, this is a good thing. Although you were fatigued and busy with juggling work and school, your character was on point. It also shows your persistence because you never quit after making a mistake worth an hour of your time. You still got the job done. Everyone has one of those days or weeks where things don't go the right way. I recommend talking to one of the TRAIN faculty members, as I have found it very refreshing by just talking to them about what's going on in your life. It works like magic :).
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