This has been one of those slow weeks-research often moves at a snails pace. While waiting for responses from clinical labs this week, I had time to reflect on the life cycle of research. It isn't always glamorous.
The fun begins once a research topic has been defined and a hypothesis formulated. Getting organized and defining fuzzy concepts that allow them to be measured, qualitatively and quantitatively sets the stage for the journey ahead. For me, creating a statistical data set ramps up the excitement of a new project. Things really heat up once an experiment is launched. And then....the waiting begins. Results can't be forced, so time takes control of the process. I am impatient. I hate waiting. I sent second requests to 77 labs with a deadline of Nov 30th-updated the database- prepared a rough outline of my paper...the boring stuff. I suppose this is the calm before the storm. I hope to have more next week...
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