It’s not the end goal, it’s the pursuit. It's not about a single high or low moment. It's the everyday steps we take and the small wins along the way. When we share, we discover that we’re all connected in the pursuit of progress.
Booking a whole day off tomorrow just for writing- emails and phone turned off!
Wondering why I have no data then realizing I forgot to refill mobile phases…
Connecting with someone about a problem I’ve spent weeks wrestling with and they solve it straight away
Having two weeks to collect the data for my talk at a global conference…
Preparing to look at the results of my experiment that didn’t work the first two times
Reading a paper by someone else describing exactly the work I’ve been writing up…
Getting an answer I wasn’t expecting from my experiment that explains all our previous data.
That answer that comes to you while cooking, cleaning or doing something else completely random.
Getting an abstract accepted for a talk at a conference, or getting a manuscript accepted.
Discovering the compound I identified isn’t what I thought it was after already presenting it and drafting a manuscript…
Getting a p-value of 0.049 for my “biomarker”- technically significant but you just know it’s not gonna hold up.
Lying awake at night thinking about tomorrow’s experiments.
The first time I used a brand new mass spec- scary but amazing!
Leaving the lab to go walking when things aren’t going to plan- it always clears my mind and I come back ready to tackle the problem.
That series of green checks next to my samples when I get into the lab in the morning.
Finding an extra peak in my LC-MS run. Sometimes interesting, sometimes a pain.
Reading the idea I wrote down in the middle of the night the next morning
When everything strangely works first time without any issues whatsoever!