First off, TheEMan2000, level 22 is Blaster Master! :D

Also, how is it that in one day I received more PMs than during the entire time I was gone! :? Oh well, four of them were spam, which makes the count much higher. :P

Now, to the point of the blog: just how is important is the answer to the question? What question? Basically any :P! There are times when the end result is not what truly matters. This is coming up from a project I turned in today. I was trying to program a integer linear program (GabuEx: This is the problem I asked you about), and never was able to get the last constraint to work. However, because of my effort (over eight hours on it) and the fact that I did get results (not the correct one though), I will still be receiving full credit.

My question to all of you is this: how often does this happen? How often is the journey more important than the end result. As a sidenote, this also reminds me of the slot car tracks I liked so much when I was younger. I would only race cars for a day or two before tearing the track down; that was because it was the building of crazy tracks that I liked so much (same goes for K'Nex and Hot Wheels).

Back on topic, what percentage of the time does this happen? I would venture that the number is over 50%. That means that over half the time, the journey is more important than the ending!

For some reading this, that last comment probably seems like a "duh". If that is you, consider just what that means. Goals themselves are not that high in importance. Challenges, races, etc. don't fully matter, at least not in the same way. Lots of thinking change with that result...

If you were reading it and wondered "What is he talking about?!", try to think of the last 10 things you have done that had an end result. How many of those times were the ends as important as the journey?

I will end with a slight divergence: for the Christians out there, which do you think is more important for the Christian walk? Think about it some. My answer to this question is the first comment.

Please comment on this, telling me (and others) your opinion on this strange question! :)

Thanks for reading! :D