Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Getting cleverer (and happy)
I think I really might be. Just been for a chat with one of my supervisors and feeling pretty good about stuff. I may not have all that many results to put in my thesis but I think some of the ones I have got are really interesting and groundbreaking stuff. And one of the most interesting and productive ideas came all from me and my results have been so good my supervisor is writing grant proposals around it. I feel really proud of that. I may not achieve anything much in my life but it's a bit satisfying to have done and published one new weeny bit of research that someone else might read and find useful and be able to develop further.
Anyway after that brief bit of egotism what I was going to say was I was having a chat about the work I did last week in liverpool and I felt like I could really contribute to the discussion. I had got the results on my own and had a look at them and was able to interperate them quite a lot and have a detailed technical discussion about their implications. I know this sounds really, really geeky but it's made me feel quite good about myself. And if I'm happy. Well that's the most important thing. I think we all get our happiness from different places, I would love to be happy by seeing/having more friends or being slimmer and more good looking but that's not so likely so when I feel good about a good day at work I embrace it and sqeeze all the happiness out.
Anyway after that brief bit of egotism what I was going to say was I was having a chat about the work I did last week in liverpool and I felt like I could really contribute to the discussion. I had got the results on my own and had a look at them and was able to interperate them quite a lot and have a detailed technical discussion about their implications. I know this sounds really, really geeky but it's made me feel quite good about myself. And if I'm happy. Well that's the most important thing. I think we all get our happiness from different places, I would love to be happy by seeing/having more friends or being slimmer and more good looking but that's not so likely so when I feel good about a good day at work I embrace it and sqeeze all the happiness out.
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