"Frogwatch" wrote in message
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Basically, building the boats is sorta therapy. I suffer (or more
like I benefit from) from an amazingly short attention span so I am
unable to deal with ANY passive entertainment (except reading) meaning
I have not been to a movie, concert or even watched TV for about 3
years.

Is this an attention span problem or is it because passive entertainment
basically sucks? Perhaps you are the type of person that doesn't need to be
entertained.




This means LOTS of free time that would be spent doing that
stuff that I spend building the boat and working on my old truck,
etc.


Actually exercising the mind and hands.




Of course, you can imagine I am ready to jump overboard after a
few hours of a long sailing passage (yup, same horizon, 10 minutes
later, no change, 10 minutes later... ad infinitum).

I bet you loved being an employee.


When I read about people who go off on long sailing trips, I wonder if
there is something wrong with me or something wrong with them cuz I'd
go nuts after a few days.


Nothing wrong with you. For most people sailing is an escape. For you it is
imprisonment.

There's nothing wrong with you. You fit the profile of a good
engineer/scientist. Expand your horizons!