"…Living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms and the maple leaves; singing songs, drinking wine, diverting ourselves just floating, floating….refusing to be disheartened, like a gourd floating along with the river current; this is what we call the floating world…” Asai Ryoi, in Ukiyo Monogatari (Tales of the Floating World, 1661)
Friday, September 26, 2014
A Eureka Moment
I had a Eureka moment today that was pretty nice. For the last couple of months I've been working intermittently on a data analysis problem at work (two sets of data that should match up but that weren't). Today was the first day in a long time when I actually had the time to just sit and think and work my way through the problem and at about 10:00 AM I figured it out - suddenly, I was able to account for the anomalies and create a predictive algorithm. It was one of those true Eureka moments when I was elated by the solution, so elated that I did the "Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy" dance from Ren and Stimpy in the living room. It gave me a high that lasted through the entire day. I think that is one of the intangible rewards of working, one of those things you cannot quantify. It also speaks volume of what makes me what I am - that I so love solving problems and that I get a high from that Eureka moment. Totally awesome.
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