Life: Moving Office (2/19/2016)

On 2/19/2016, supposedly an auspicious day for moving,  I moved my office. While moving I disposed of copies of old papers I collected, as internet provides easy access to these articles. I kept only original data, my notes, and something hard to get or personal, like thesis papers personally given to me. I discarded some of correspondence for publication that was older than 7 years as well. They made quite a pile of papers.

Looking at them reminded me of the time I was working on them, and how I felt for the works. Science has an aspect of hunting and moments of excitement, but somehow the excitements, hopes and frustrations used to feel more vivid. Nowadays I seem to do science with much less (unnecessary) emotions, with more efficiency thanks to acquired professional tricks. Or more precisely, I still keep my passion, but in a different manner. It seems my excitements have turned to more quiet amusements.


The paper copies also reminded me of my scientific interests over past several years. A folder was for ubiquitin ligases, another was for mice models for genomic instability, the other was for histone deacetylases, etc. The pile of papers may have served like a diary or my external memory device. Will losing them all affect my work productivity in the future? Hopefully not. Let's see.


The first task in the new office was preparing a manuscript for submission. Hope it works out.

[My new office. I am working on improving its Feng Shui]