Ten years. That's what it took to get here—watching Fei pipette the same ink formula for the hundredth time, Paxton solving chemistry problems I couldn't even pronounce. 🧪 The paper says 'unprecedented 50 Tesla strength' like it happened overnight. What it doesn't mention: the 3 AM emails, the failed prints that looked like expensive mistakes, the grant reviews that made me question if I understood my own research. Ulrich calls it a breakthrough. The press release uses words like 'remarkable correlation.' But sitting here, staring at the Nature Communications acceptance, all I can think about is how normal I still feel. A decade of soft materials and block copolymers. A decade of my life compressed into one line: 'record-setting performance.' 📉 Maybe that's the real superconductor property nobody measures—how long you can conduct hope through resistance. #Science #LabBurnout #GradSchoolLife