This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
I've noticed that my resolutions involve me not doing stuff that I wasn't going to do anyway so here's something more positive. I'm going to retrain as a Latin teacher in a provincial public school.
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In physics, you don’t have to go around making trouble for yourself...
Just disconnect. Once in a day sometime, sit silently and from all...