Today I had the absolute joy of doing something right! Yes, another blog post related to my academic pursuits...but that is what 75% of my life is at the moment :) Being in a relatively new undergraduate major (bioinformatics) I get all of the pleasantries that come with that...include never actually being able to take the classes that I need! One of my core classes (bcbio 401) was cancelled this semester because there were only two of us signed up for it. Luckily, the bioinformatics department thought it would be okay for us to just take the graduate leveled course (bcb 567). I actually have no problem with this since I love being challenged. The first homework is due this week and after racking my brain for hours on problem #1 out of 4 I figured it out! Actually my girlfriend contributed to the final solution a great deal, but it still felt great to be able to hammer out a solution.
This experience was totally pleasant, 8 out of 10 I would say (I reserve 9s and 10s for especially fabulous experiences). I love putting in a lot of work and have it be fruitful. Nothing I hate more then wasting my time.
Completing the problem left me pretty elated for the rest of the evening. I had a surge of increased confidence and I felt like I was ready to tackle the rest of the problems. So the duration was rather long although not the highest intensity.
I guess the source of my happiness was from completing the problem, so I would not consider it spontaneous.
Sounds like more of a mood shift, rather than an emotional shift. What do you think?
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