I'm not sure how much psychoanalysis you wanted here, but I suspect I'm still trying to please my father, who felt that anything worth doing was worth doing perfectly, and worked very hard to instill that attitude in me.
It leads to a great deal of frustration and dissatisfaction with myself in anything I do, but also keeps me working at things for a long time. One of the things I've seen in diving is that you have to find something that keeps you doing it, whether it's getting into marine ID, photography, teaching, travel, or just beating your head against the wall of higher and higher standards. I'd put a smiley on that, but I'm not sure I'm being funny.
It leads to a great deal of frustration and dissatisfaction with myself in anything I do, but also keeps me working at things for a long time. One of the things I've seen in diving is that you have to find something that keeps you doing it, whether it's getting into marine ID, photography, teaching, travel, or just beating your head against the wall of higher and higher standards. I'd put a smiley on that, but I'm not sure I'm being funny.