I've spent six years chasing a treatment and almost everything I've tried has failed. Some nights I wonder what I even have to show for it. But then I remember the patients waiting somewhere out there, and I'm slowly learning that the meaning isn't in the wins. It's in the fact that the work itself is aimed at healing someone.
More people experience this than they realize.
You are learning what keeps years of failed research meaningful.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.