marct wrote:It really is a curse. I think all of the time I can't stop thinking. It is awful. I have found 1activity in the world that allows me to forgetabout everything else, and that is rock climbing.
When you are rock climbing, if you want to stay alive, the only thing on your mind is rock climbing. That's all! Your not relly thinkingeither it's actually more about FOCUS!
//major offtopic
The most beautifull thing about the internet is discovering you are not alone in things you felt alone in. The ongoing thought-storms and discovering climbing, preferrably freestyle rockclimbing or bouldering, is the only thing really stopping this.
This is a happy day, finding a brother/sister in the agony of thought-storms and rockclimbing. To wrap up this huge offtopic, some quotes that kinda say it all.
"Mountain climbing is extended periods of intense boredom, interrupted by occasional moments of sheer terror."
"One method of getting loved ones to look more fondly on your climbing is to tell them that since you've started climbing you hardly do drugs anymore." David Harris.
"Yoga is a system, scientifically proven to boost your climbing ability significantly. Why do you think you always see that Guru figure sitting on the top of the mountain? You think he/she got there by enlightenment ?" Lg.
"Real Programmers don't play tennis, or any sport that requires you to change clothes. Mountain climbing is OK, and real programmers always wear their climbing boots to work in case a mountain should suddenly spring up in the middle of a machine room." From Real programmers don't write specs.
"The difference between climbers and normal workers is that climbers are glad of the Mondays, so they can rest." Guillaume Dargaud
"I think climbers should get credit just for remembering what their jobs are on Mondays." Gary Clark.
"[Climbing is] more interesting than my other daytime activity, which closely resembles the million monkeys theory applied to software development." Amanda Tarr.
"Climbing is like a brain enema. It just cleans all the crap out of your head." Emily.
Love and hugs from the monday musclepained Tryker.