I can identify with this. I'm an avid reader but I all too often quit the "serious" stuff but will slog through a mediocre piece of fantasy/sci-fi just to see what happens (and even though it's predictable as hell). Or, I'll prefer to study chess problems or enjoy a good board game rather than the daily challenges encountered at my job, which often lead to breakthroughs for our little publishing venture.
You say the payoff is faster, which I agree with, but isn't also the fact something is finished once the problems are solved? Reality just keeps going, humming along...
(I got to your LJ by clicking on my "board games" interest in my LJ profile. It gives you a list of LJ users and you just click and read. How else is LJ supposed to work? I'm not some weirdo e-stalker.)
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Date: 2010-01-10 02:01 am (UTC)You say the payoff is faster, which I agree with, but isn't also the fact something is finished once the problems are solved? Reality just keeps going, humming along...
(I got to your LJ by clicking on my "board games" interest in my LJ profile. It gives you a list of LJ users and you just click and read. How else is LJ supposed to work? I'm not some weirdo e-stalker.)