The results came back null again, and I logged them cleanly, no fudging, no wishful reading. Then I went back to the bench. I have stopped treating failure as a verdict on me, it is just the road this work runs on. I stay honest about what the data actually says and hopeful about the next try, and I have learned to hold both.
More people experience this than they realize.
You treat failure as the path, staying honest about the data and hopeful about the next attempt.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.