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I learned how to conduct scientific experiments and extract new insights from the process. In this way, I learned that my intuitions and initial guesses could be wrong, and I might constantly fail to finally understand the problems and come up with solutions. It was hard to maintain strong mental health during everything. Then I learned that failure is not a bad thing; it is a way for the research subject to tell its story, and I will understand more about the subject after each failure. It will refine my hypothesis and my knowledge. To balance learning and processing new information from experiments, I usually use the school gym as a way to escape from lab work, allowing my brain to go into diffused mode, which greatly benefits me in refining ideas and concepts. Sometimes I use different working spaces on campus to achieve a fresh working mode.

I published paper with my teammates.

I came here because I heard that the lab I joined focused on game development, but what I found was that it's very tough for someone with a weak foundation like me. Luckily, I met a good senior who taught me the content of the slides one-on-one. After the senior graduated, I was able to cope with my feelings and the seminar content, including the pressure from the teacher.

In research, it is common to encounter difficulties and bad experimental results. I am now more likely to think about what caused the result in the first place, rather than suffer the emotions of failure.

I learn about resilence when I encounter problems with my research, multiple times I though I would not be able to succeed in my research, even though I felt I was lots, it made learn from my mistakes and measure multiples escenarios as well as to accept that there is always a room to change, which is never bad.

To do research with the goal of achieving a novel finding, setbacks, and failing short of the initial expectations are inevitable since there are limited resources like research data or documentation. However, this challenge became a valuable opportunity to build our resilience. Each failure taught me a lesson to reflect, adapt, and refine my approach and strengthen my determination. There is a saying that I often hear "Even a bad result is still a result" This perspective helped me stay motivated, reminding me that every outcome contributes to progress, no matter how small or unexpected. Instead of discouragement, I saw challenges as stepping stones toward improvement that build resilience as one of my most essential competencies.