Need some advice and encouragment - (Mar/13/2007 )
Dear friends
Its time again when i feel very dipressed about many things related to research. I just feel very unlucky. I was doing my masters in a small university n research didnt go well, it was chemistry, so i decided to switch feilds so i moved to another university to work in a lab that fits my research interests, however the PI moved to another university. so i had to pick up another lab, the PI of another lab was very nice to me and was interested that i join his lab, so i did. however he hired a technichian and the work i was interested to do ended up being done by the tech,the pI told me he needs it very quickly coz it has commercial interest, so i ended up have to look for a project on my own, so i did come up with a simple idea and started working on it,, however some expeiments are not very promising that the project might work,,, so i feel very depressed and i feel i made many stubid decisions during my career so far and really i feel im goin nowhere as im worried the project doesnt work.... so what do u think i should do...i feel the decision to swithc universities wasnt good n the decision joing this lab was not good either and uhhhhhhh..its very frustrating....
Its time again when i feel very dipressed about many things related to research. I just feel very unlucky. I was doing my masters in a small university n research didnt go well, it was chemistry, so i decided to switch feilds so i moved to another university to work in a lab that fits my research interests, however the PI moved to another university. so i had to pick up another lab, the PI of another lab was very nice to me and was interested that i join his lab, so i did. however he hired a technichian and the work i was interested to do ended up being done by the tech,the pI told me he needs it very quickly coz it has commercial interest, so i ended up have to look for a project on my own, so i did come up with a simple idea and started working on it,, however some expeiments are not very promising that the project might work,,, so i feel very depressed and i feel i made many stubid decisions during my career so far and really i feel im goin nowhere as im worried the project doesnt work.... so what do u think i should do...i feel the decision to swithc universities wasnt good n the decision joing this lab was not good either and uhhhhhhh..its very frustrating....
dear friend,
well I dont wanna be like Poliana but try to see the positive part of your story.... "work in a lab that fits my research interests" and " lab was very nice to me" and ....
see your problem is not related to your lab and it is not also related to PI and .....
you yourself made decision and choose whatever happens to you,
thats right choosing and loosing are together by choosing one thing you loose the other thing.
so just hold on to wath you have to be and enjoy the good time life can bring.
Helen Keller: "When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us."
cheers,
Cheer up and relax yourself, everybody, not only you, has his difficulty in life,
It is said winter has come, Spring is not far!!
breathe deeply, relax and decide what you will do next step!!!
never give up your hope for the future!!!!
I know this doesn't help a lot, but we've all been there, we've all suffered through what you're going through, and most of us got through it. You will too!
Hang in there, and keep in touch.
well...
don't ever say " if ..."
i mean,if i didn't change the university,if i didn't change my work ...
you can't change the past but you can reshape your present to fit your goals.. 
what had happened,had happened...
you are only looking at the dark side of it,give a glance to the positives...:
you have now a better experience than before.
you have met different ppl and so realised how lucky you are just being yourself
don't waste your time thinking of the past you can do nothing now...
you are now stronger than before...
each one of us,faces such times..i always remind myself about the positives..
hope my words will find a way to make you feel BETTER
wish you luck..
well hi,
i read your storry and i feel that you dont thing stabley. see i dont want to discourge you but if you study some where in a good university and you have a good lab you should try to get Projects and jobs there only . See the work may be small or big but its work try to learn as much as possible where ever you work first observe the things then onece your bose feel that you are perfect he or she will give you everting to do.... 
I think you need to get over it and focus on your research long enough to get some momentum rather than your past errors.
I do wonder at the obviously misspelled words in this string, From "dipressed" to "polianna" to "stably". I can understand the casual nature of a forum lends itself to typos and omissions but I'm a little surprised at the limited literacy.