I don't know why but last week was incredibly miserable for me.  I was totally depressed and in tears or near tears at work all week.  I was tempted to quit grad school last week, that's how bad it was.  It wasn't PMS because I had just finished my period.  What was it?  Just a spell of depression ( Read more... )

Long time no post. I've been getting much more done in the lab since the election ended. Of course, in the few days I worked this week I managed to break everything, but I've almost fixed it all again, so oh well. It just sucks because I want to submit to CLEO next Thurs and I really needed to be getting more done, not taking 1 step forward and ( Read more... )

So, I think I know what my problem is. It's all insecurity. I've been studying and doing physics for 10 years now. I really like playing around in the lab and screwing around with electronics and signals and noise and lasers. But, the problem is that I feel insecure. I've been doing it so long but I just don't feel like I'm ready to be out ( Read more... )