Mind your mind: surviving the conference rollercoaster

If you’ve ever been to Vienna’s Prater, you might know the ride. I can see it from my hotel window while I am getting dressed to head to the Austria Center Vienna for EGU26.  It’s essentially a long, slightly questionable-looking couch, strapped on either side to cables that behave less like cables and more like very enthusiastic elastic bands. One flick of a switch and suddenly — whoooosh!  you’re airborne. You shoot up into the sky, spin, bounce, and briefly wonder why you agreed to this in th