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Thanks for this. Recently I've been getting frustrated by some code. Your message helped me sort it out :-)

Interestingly, when I was a child I saw some artists making chalk drawings on the side walk outside of a church. It started raining, slowly ruining the drawings. The artists didn't budge, but kept on drawing until they were finished. They didn't care about the drawing (the thing), only the drawing (the action). Since then I've tried to live my life that way, but sometimes it is hard to remember.




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