I'm sure it's different for everyone, but I think climbing has a bit more reason to make a claim here. If you lose your focus, or fool yourself into thinking yo

I'm sure it's different for everyone, but I think climbing has a bit more reason to make a claim here. If you lose your focus, or fool yourself into thinking you're focused on the right thing when you're actually not, then you'll find out. You'll slip or you won't find a way up. With something like painting, it's easy to fool yourself. It's a bit like the difference between writing and programming. I like doing both, and can get deep into both, but a compiler is going to tell me I'm being a dumbass a lot quicker and more definitively than any eventual reader could.