Ok, I don’t know myself if this is a peeve or a character flaw I have.
I’ve been doing quite a bit of trial-and-error web programming lately. All these seemingly little assignments start like a little challenge, “let’s see if I can solve this little problem here” and tend to grow and occupy a heck of a lot of my time. I still feel it is beneficial to me, since I appear to have learnt a lot while doing this. But I do tend to spend an inordinate amount of time on this, at the expense of healthier pursuits. For one thing I’m running seriously short on sleep lately and that can’t be good.
But I do get some measure of satisfaction when I find a solution to something that eludes me, even though I often end up reinventing the wheel.
So I hate doing it but I have no peace until I finish something. Strange!
