Someone shared this image with me of a pigeon's nest. I don't know if this accurately reflects the average pigeon's nest. I didn't google it. That isn't the point I took away from the image. The point I took away is that for an onlooker - like me - this nest looks like a failure. For the pigeon, it seems like a success. Success for me is when I learn.
I know many of my experiments look like a failure when folks look at them. Sometimes, they look like a failure -- after some time passes --- even to me. And I have to remind myself that because that experiment I know how to ______________________ (weld, plumb, research, cite, whatever). Success is when you learn.
Now that I have this image, I've got a reminder that what might look like a failed experiment might, in fact, be a success because I learned.
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