You will likely need to adjust what your vision of success looks like. Success is the machine pushing you to collect dots, then you carving out the time to connect them and then trying that over and over again. If you don't have a dog, be my dog. Sniff around everywhere. Try and learn everything. Everything works out much better when it has a clear identity. Your identity should be curiosity. Own it. Because as I said, interesting takes time and curiosity is resilient. So let's get back to VR and chronic pain.