[Disclaimer: If I am sounding like a gyani person here ready to dispense advise - that is not what I want to do. Rather, I just want to share my experience with all and it may help someone dealing with similar stuff as mine]
Do you worry a lot? The answer is probably a big yes for about 95% of the people. We mostly worry about few things that may or may not happen in the future. For people in jobs, they worry if their boss will get mad at them; whether they will get through their promotion; whether they will reach at work on time and so on. As a researcher I worry if a particular experiment will fail; if we will be able to purchase one particular thing or not [it is true for govt. organizations]; whether my presentation will go well or not; whether my paper will get published or not. But believe me, if you keep track of the worries you have in a day, you will notice that about 80-90% of them dont happen!! In many miraculous ways you may be getting hold of the things that you wanted or worried about.
I can give few examples here: When I joined here, I was wondering if I can buy servers, how can I pay my students, how will I run my lab with the meagre contingency money I have. But slowly, all of these worries proved futile. I got some money un-expectedly, some grants un-expectedly and all students with fellowship. What more can I ask for? I have also seen when I worry for an instrument, somehow, something better lands in course of time. All that I do is stay aware of them. So, my suggestions for all is what you worry, may not happen 90% of the time, so take it away from you. Instead enjoy your present and give 100% to it. You may want a thing to happen in a particular way. But believe me if you dont waste your time and keep working towards it, you will get better things than what you wanted!
Just my 2 cents!
Do you worry a lot? The answer is probably a big yes for about 95% of the people. We mostly worry about few things that may or may not happen in the future. For people in jobs, they worry if their boss will get mad at them; whether they will get through their promotion; whether they will reach at work on time and so on. As a researcher I worry if a particular experiment will fail; if we will be able to purchase one particular thing or not [it is true for govt. organizations]; whether my presentation will go well or not; whether my paper will get published or not. But believe me, if you keep track of the worries you have in a day, you will notice that about 80-90% of them dont happen!! In many miraculous ways you may be getting hold of the things that you wanted or worried about.
I can give few examples here: When I joined here, I was wondering if I can buy servers, how can I pay my students, how will I run my lab with the meagre contingency money I have. But slowly, all of these worries proved futile. I got some money un-expectedly, some grants un-expectedly and all students with fellowship. What more can I ask for? I have also seen when I worry for an instrument, somehow, something better lands in course of time. All that I do is stay aware of them. So, my suggestions for all is what you worry, may not happen 90% of the time, so take it away from you. Instead enjoy your present and give 100% to it. You may want a thing to happen in a particular way. But believe me if you dont waste your time and keep working towards it, you will get better things than what you wanted!
Just my 2 cents!
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