I can't believe that the most important discovery of my lifetime is surrounded by this cloud of uncertainty.
At the same time, having watched Oppenheimer recently, when humanity discovered how to split the atom was chaotic too and met with a lot of scepticism.
The first thing I recommend is to think hard about the other parts of your life.
These are the questions I always ask myself to check where my restlessness is coming from:
- Do I fill fulfilment in my life outside work?
- Am I satisfied with my activities before I start working and after I'm done?
- Do I strive to do any specific thing while at work?
If I get three positive answers, I shift those questions to be work-related:
- Do I fill fulfilment in my work life?
- Am I satisfied with my work at the end of the day?
- Am I eager to work on something the next day? (I don't want to think about work when I get home, so I try not to think about it).
This is just a tool to see if I'm not satisfied with the current state of my life, and I'm looking for the easiest change I can make to make it more fun. I've changed cities, jobs and fields of education a lot of times just because I wasn't satisfied with the current state of my life and wanted to change anything at any cost. Those questions help me think more clearly if it's the city I am in, the job I'm currently doing, or if anything I'm studying at the moment is making my life miserable. Most of the time, it's just me going with the flow and not taking hold of my time properly.
At the same time, having watched Oppenheimer recently, when humanity discovered how to split the atom was chaotic too and met with a lot of scepticism.
I guess that's how we work as humans.