After permanently joining a lab, I realized that the laboratory atmosphere can seem rather isolating sometimes. There are days when I’m working in the lab for many hours without saying more than a hello to other graduate students. Or I might be focused on getting a computer simulation up and running and completely forget that there are others around me. Everyone has their own projects to get done, and sometimes I feel as though everyone is in their own little world. Especially if you aren’t collaborating with anyone on a project, you get the feeling that you are on your own to succeed or fail.