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Are other perlmonks so addicted to their profession/hobby? Or can you get away from a computer for weeks at a time with no withdrawal?

I have many passions so it is easy for me to get away from programming for a while and do something else. And I have many things to choose from. In no particular order except wife/family are on top for a reason:

Wife.. married since 1977 and we are still "sweethearts" and spend as much time as healthy and possible doing things together.
Two offspring that are right now at the stage they want to do things on their own. This seems to happen at two points in a "child's" life. When they are in their mid-teens and when they first get out of college. I'm positive they'll look for Mom and Dad's attention again soon. I know my wife and I went through those stages! :-)
Fishing. Salt and freshwater.
Cooking.
Brewing beer
Training and showing my dogs
Feeding and helping house homeless families
Rescuing homeless dogs
and other things

Once in a while I deliberately go vacationing somewhere where there are no internet cafes, no internet connections and get away from all this technology I live with every day of my life. I think that is a very healthy thing for anybody to do.

Peter L. Berghold -- Unix Professional
Peter -at- Berghold -dot- Net; AOL IM redcowdawg Yahoo IM: blue_cowdawg

In reply to Re: Just How Absorbed Are You Into Programming? by blue_cowdawg
in thread Just How Absorbed Are You Into Programming? by monarch

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