I suppose you're right, but it's still kind of amazing to me... I can't think of any time, since I was a young kid, when I haven't had a zillion things percolating outside of what I was "supposed" to do (and I'm not the entrepreneur-type in my family [that's my brother], I'm a lazy sod ><). Even when the amount of work ramped up in college, there was always stuff on the side too. Most of those things were super dopey, of course, but they were mine... :]
You aren't alone, some folks just can't help thinking about random things. But surprisingly a not insignificant number of people just sort of 'freeze up' when they don't have someone telling them what to do. You will run across these people, be nice to them, teach them curiosity and the courage to try new things.
