Wracker
I love writing and I also love programming, but I am not very good at either. I'd say my skill level is fair. But who says one must be good at the things you love? As one grows older, one experiences a growing unease, a loss of anchoring that makes for deep dissatisfaction. Having passed the usual thresholds of ambition and need, happiness comes not from being good at things, or better than others, but from doing what you love. This simple realization came to me as I was taking a walk down Broadway in New York. My alter ego tapped me on the shoulder and asked why I did not indulge in writing and hacking? And the truth is, I don't know. The truth is, I love writing and hacking, but have been distracted with stuff like Internet, TV, work. So maybe I need to be a "wracker" --- someone who writes and hacks! It's an act of pure creation, unlike TV, Internet, and some sorts of work that are, in essence, mere consumption. So it seems, real satisfaction in life comes f...