[camerintinbun]

It depends on the perspective. If you spend your time learning, doing new things... That is incredibly enriching for the individual. However, those experiences are usually made possible by others. If you venture to do these things, create new stuff, only to have it trashed or never see the light of day, should it ever have been created at all? Things happen and projects fail that is true. But my goals are to ensure that the things I learn and apply can give back to the community and lessen the suffering of others. If I learn things and keep them to myself, they may as well not be learned at all.