Thank you for this insight. I feel the same way and did not know until you put it into words like this. Creating is the passion.. In my case, perhaps a little b

Thank you for this insight. I feel the same way and did not know until you put it into words like this. Creating is the passion.. In my case, perhaps a little bit was a philosophy that hours put into the word corresponded with output quality and that by creating and coding new things, I avoided responsibility. When the system is new, it can't go down and keep me awake. I have learned these things don't last. The project takes off, or it fails. The paper is written, the (academic) grant runs out. Living in perpetual green field programming (to me this is what software was growing up - mostly disk distributed programmes, and games) - is not that practical. Ensuring you create daily... is practical.