Sometimes you’re too close to the problem

I’ve had a breakthrough! I’ve been working for months on a problem and I probably could’ve come up with the solution sooner if I hadn’t been trying to force it. Maybe I’m weird, but I find the easiest way to come up with a solution to a problem is to just walk away from it. I don’t always do it, but I always end up regretting that I didn’t just step away from the thing long enough to get the full picture.

July 5, 2021 | Categories: 365 Days of Academia - Year two, My Research | Tags: academia, college, Education, Engineering, learning, neuroscience, PhD, programming, research, school, science, student | Leave a comment