Is it normal that i am obsessed with graphs?

I don't know if this is a 'habit', but I am obsessed with graphs! Specifically line graphs. I create graphs for everything! Since I was fairly young I have created and maintained a graph where i 'pretend' to be a corporation (named after me), which lists my net income, operating income, and total assets. I also list 'employees' by pretending I'm the boss of where I work and count everyone except for me.

Whenever I'm asked to create a graph at work I get really excited. I just love the smooth lines and curves of a graph. I also try to predict what my ongoing graphs will look like in say, 5 years time, by creating another graph that estimates what my current graph will be.

Also, I don't use the easy technique of creating a graph by typing in a few numbers in Excel, I proudly create them all by hand, with a image manipulation program, which takes a lot longer to do.

Although it takes me many hours to make my personal graphs, I don't think it's necessarily a bad habit. I have, for instance, been able to lose weight just by thinking "that would look good on my graph if I lost weight" (I maintain a seperate, inverted graph for my weight, though I was never 'fat'). I just wanted to know if anyone else has this 'habit' (though maybe not so extreme) and what you all think of this.

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  • dappled

    I feel I must confess my obsession
    Based around linear regression
    In short, I get my shits and laughs
    From the creation of various graphs

    Despite evil non-graphists persecution
    My fantasy is a normal distribution
    Of neck lengths in the male giraffe
    And the singing range of Edith Piaf

    For me this is a technical diversion
    Although, to some, it seems a perversion
    Especially when I covered in spaff
    My employer's shiny new seismograph

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  • I don't see any problem with your graph stuff. Graphs are fucking awesome.

    Anyone who says they aren't awesome is a mega fun sponge

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  • Ha ha that's pretty awesome. Thanks!

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  • piman

    I'm obsesive about my parabolas. They always have to be spot on not just a quick-let's-get-this-over kind of thing. I think I'm OCD but whatever. And nice poem dappled.

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  • emilydoll

    Hey cool

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  • NothingxCrazy

    I wish I felt strongly about anything, like you feel for graphs.

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  • Shackleford96

    You remind me of Marshall on the show How I Met Your Mother :D

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  • Katywompus

    That's pretty spiffy. I can't say that I share your love for making graphs, but I did always like to draw on graph paper. I love all the little squares :p

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