How to avoid cynical feelings of feeling helpless.

“Always wear shorts under your skirt so you can go to the monkey bar” —@ladyscientist

Mentioned in this episode:

• Learned Helplessness: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_helplessness
• Grant rejection tweet: https://twitter.com/jeroenphv/status/1064579050134478848
• Brain pickings assay: https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/02/09/hope-cynicism/
• The Sunk Cost Fallacy: https://youarenotsosmart.com/2011/03/25/the-sunk-cost-fallacy/
• Blog Grumpy Rumblings (of the formerly untenured): https://nicoleandmaggie.wordpress.com/
• TV show Quantum Leap: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Leap
• The Worst Songs Of All Time? https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2014/02/06/272457460/the-worst-songs-of-all-time
• Video of us dancing: https://twitter.com/IHStreet/status/1064729957249818625