Have you ever started explaining something, only for the others in your discussion to quickly pivot away from the topic? If so, there’s a chance you were in that middle hump. (I’ve been there too.)
12 May 2023
On the other hand, being forgetful can sometimes give you the motivation you need to keep going on a project that seems to have no way forward.
10 May 2023
As a graduate student, I’d sometimes be happy enough to just have all those ideas!
08 May 2023
“There’s just you, isn’t there?”
“No! And even if there was just me, that wouldn’t change my statement!”
03 May 2023
Another simple way to induce this transition is to say “yes” to way too many things (even if they are easy individually).
01 May 2023
There’s a reason why there are big open research questions that are simple to state.
24 Apr 2023
The time-honoured tradition of daydreaming to get away from my current research problems.
21 Apr 2023