I find coding disturbingly addictive. My brain starts racing — solving one problem presents another, onward and onward, to the expense of other work that needs to get done. It makes one feel clever, and feeling clever feels good.
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So now I have a class that uses a clean circle at most latitudes, but seamlessly switches to a more accurate (though also more ugly) version near the poles. (This is now live in NUKEMAP if you want to experiment.) Good fun, great rush. BUT... I've just lost an hour of other work.
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"Why don't I have enough time to do everything I want/need to do?" I constantly ask myself. "BECAUSE YOU'RE ADDICTED TO INTERESTING IDEAS AND SAY YES TO TOO MANY OF THEM," my brain shouts back to me, cruel as it ever is, but accurate. "ALSO YOU TEACH TOO MUCH," it adds.
