On 26-10-2009 1:42, Shay wrote:
> Jeremy "UncleHoot" Praay wrote:
>>
>> I'm 41 as of yesterday.
> 
> Happy birthday.

Thanks. Oh, it wasn't directed to me. (47 today)

>>
>> I've realized that creating goals is basically what keeps me
>> from becoming a couch potato.  But you can't simply create a
>  > goal.  It has to be something you have an interest in, or it
>> becomes somewhat of an empty promise to yourself.  Saying,
>> "I want to lose 10 lbs by September 1st" is different from
>> saying, "I need to get in shape to ride my bike in the DALMAC*
>> on Labor Day".  Finding goals like that is where I have most
>> of my trouble.
> 
> I'm just not results oriented. I may set out to lose ten pounds or bike 
> in the DALMAC, but I'll do so because I want the challenge, not because 
> I care about the ten pounds.
> 
> Seems like a common trait around here. How many of us have spent weeks 
> working on a POV-Ray picture only to all but forget about it the moment 
> it's complete?
> 
> So, that's one part of it; I want to experiment with /wanting/ a result. 
> That's a bit tough for me as I am content by nature, so the best goal I 
> can muster for working out is a joke picture. But working towards a 
> punchline still provides a different mindset than working out for its 
> own sake.
> 
> Another thing I want to try relates to a quote I cannot remember clearly 
> enough to find online. Something along the lines of "Keep doing what 
> you're good at until you become great at it." Sounds obvious, but it's 
> sure boring. Boring for the same reason that chess became boring after 
> the first 100 games: 95% of any match became automatic and the winning 
> or losing lay in only 5%. It sucks to be so familiar with the 
> limitations, but discovering those limitations over and over is 
> "unproductive."
> 
> I don't really mind being unproductive, but I'm curious how it feels to 
> do things the other way. Maybe I won't like it and I'll go right back to 
> reinventing the wheel -- it's worked for me so far.

Some of those wheels may have been more like balls. Anyway, are you sure 
other people feel the same way about you being unproductive?

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