I’m in the second year of Michigan’s epi PhD. (My co-mentors are Drs. Emily Martin and Arnold Monto.) Allowing myself to feel bored is my second-greatest struggle lol. The first is causalgia 🙃
Great point to make. I understood the role of boredom in creativity when I read something by the philosopher B.Russell. The trick is to try something new at a simple level if bored. Then let it slowly develop.
This is a typical "Gardeners approach" to cultivation but my maths has reached a high level for an early seventy-year-old.
Adam, I wish I had your story when I was doing my grad work! Thank you for sharing and now at least I can tell my kids; definetely on keep on ploughing!
Adam, you are right that we cannot be reminded enough to keep plugging away and not merely to give in the to the fear of failure. This is what stimulates resilience which seems increasingly lacking in students at all levels.
I’m in the second year of Michigan’s epi PhD. (My co-mentors are Drs. Emily Martin and Arnold Monto.) Allowing myself to feel bored is my second-greatest struggle lol. The first is causalgia 🙃
Great point to make. I understood the role of boredom in creativity when I read something by the philosopher B.Russell. The trick is to try something new at a simple level if bored. Then let it slowly develop.
This is a typical "Gardeners approach" to cultivation but my maths has reached a high level for an early seventy-year-old.
Adam, I wish I had your story when I was doing my grad work! Thank you for sharing and now at least I can tell my kids; definetely on keep on ploughing!
Adam, you are right that we cannot be reminded enough to keep plugging away and not merely to give in the to the fear of failure. This is what stimulates resilience which seems increasingly lacking in students at all levels.