I totally agree with you. When I had first started bowhunting I had two shooters just "appear" out of no where and my bow was hanging up. I don't know where my mind was but it wasn't on hunting.
Patience is another thing I would add. If I had kept my butt in the stand 20min longer a couple of of times this year I would've had a shot a two nice bucks and a few does. I would get impatient and move up the ridge only to look back and see them walk where I had been sitting. Hard lesson learned!