So the topic should be A Rewarding Task, but quite frankly, I can't think of anything. Could such a simple theme be so difficult? I suppose so.
There are a number of rewarding tasks; those that the very task is it’s own reward, those that you get a reward for upon completion (a bounty, some might say), and those which have rewards only in knowing that they’re checked off some arbitrary list I’ve made up. (Oh, I have many!)
For me, the most rewarding of tasks usually fall in the first category. Instant gratification, and most everyone, I think, would take that option. Drawing, though it has been so long since I’ve done it for pleasure, is a task that fits within those parameters. But, what’s even better about that task is that the final result, the end product, becomes a reward matching or even surpassing the reward of the doing.
Completion holds its own sweet reward, does it not? Sometimes – okay, most of the time – I over-analyze my finished works, be they writings or drawings, and the reward diminishes as I ruminate over missed strokes and missed words. The worst, for me, is the spraying of fixative over fine layers of dust, finalizing it, only to notice an oversight in shading or landscaping. It’s nice that Little Red Riding Hood now looks as though she is prancing off a cliff, instead of into a beautiful, full forest. (i.e. more than the first few rows of trees, Erica!)
OR – The post that goes through, as my right hand and index finger clicks (so gently) the submit button. A flash of panic as in my mind’s eye, I see the mistake I made. Misspeaking, misspelling, or otherwise misrepresenting what should have been a great post, idea, poem (Oscar Wilde once said “A poet can survive anything but a misprint.”). Hit the Q-edit button! It might not help me before someone might lay eyes on what I’ve said, what mistakes I’ve made. OH! Why am I so hard on myself?
But I must say – completing THIS task, writing about rewarding tasks – is completed, and the reward is mine!
When’s the next topic coming, CP? 