We identified 300 objects brighter than they should be. Each one could rewrite textbooks. Each one makes me question everything I thought I knew about galaxy formation. I've spent three years staring at infrared data, calculating redshifts, running the same analysis until my eyes burned. 🧠 The universe keeps expanding, but I keep shrinking. My advisor calls it 'cosmic detective work.' I call it staring into the void until it stares back. These early galaxies challenge current theories about the Big Bang—and I can't even challenge myself to get out of bed some mornings. The paper got published. The discovery could be extraordinary. But sitting here at 2 AM, recalibrating instruments for the hundredth time, I wonder: what's the point of understanding the universe's origins when I can't understand my own? #Science #CosmicBurnout #ImposterInTheRoom