Sometimes I eavesdrop on people. I could rationalize it - oh, this is good anthropological research for characters I'm writing - but it's basically just nosiness. It also helps me gauge where I'm at: Am I normal?
“Now at 47, 48 I am expected to do ten times better work that I did when I was 24.”
“My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.”