It doesn't have to be young geeks. At 49 years I still have the same problem. I found that understanding who I am and what my strengths / weaknesses are in terms of apptitudes, personality and interests have helped me. When I force myself to be someone I'm not I quickly slip into the behavior we're discussing. For me - I am a "troubleshooter". I need to fix problems, even to the point of simply finding anything to fix. Which of course detours me from the task at hand. Frustrating indeed. Just don't beat yourself up over this. Maybe it is just who we are. I'm told it's a gift:)
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It doesn't have to be young geeks. At 49 years I still have the same problem. I found that understanding who I am and what my strengths / weaknesses are in terms of apptitudes, personality and interests have helped me. When I force myself to be someone I'm not I quickly slip into the behavior we're discussing. For me - I am a "troubleshooter". I need to fix problems, even to the point of simply finding anything to fix. Which of course detours me from the task at hand. Frustrating indeed. Just don't beat yourself up over this. Maybe it is just who we are. I'm told it's a gift :)
I agree. I have essentially the same setup on a Pentium 166 box. I don't have the time to upgrade this masquerade box so I plan on leaving it alone.