Personal thoughts on my research journey

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Written many days ago, rings true every day

Crying and wallowing in despair
Home feels really far today
And harder days just keep stacking up
Rethinking my decision to do research
Literally nobody cares about my work
Expecting me to solve the field but
Reading not even past the first letter of every line
On and on and on about “impact”
It might be a good idea to get a hobby