andrel wrote:
 > On 26-10-2009 1:42, Shay wrote:
 >> Jeremy "UncleHoot" Praay wrote:
 >>>
 >>> I'm 41 as of yesterday.
 >>
 >> Happy birthday.
 >
 > Thanks. Oh, it wasn't directed to me. (47 today)

Happy birthday to you, Andrel.

 >
 > Some of those wheels may have been more like balls. Anyway,
 > are you sure other people feel the same way about you being
 > unproductive?

A matter of perspective. I have a very good analogy in mind.

My uncle creates custom carpentry. Today he'll build a chair, tomorrow a 
door, and next week a roll-top desk. He is able to apply his aptitudes 
and experience to each of these projects and produce an acceptable 
number of quality pieces. As remuneration for this production, he 
receives a nice living along with challenge and satisfaction for himself.

However, having one day spent six hours on a single custom chair, he 
could the next day produce ten identical chairs in the same amount of 
time. This would be less challenging and produce less job satisfaction 
but would bring him other, more tangible rewards ($$$$, more time with 
his wife).

There are rewards for doing and rewards for having done. I find the 
former more appealing, but do recognize that the rewards for doing 
evaporate the moment the doing is complete and (perhaps more 
importantly) that the rewards for doing are not easily shared with 
others. I suspect I will always prefer the rewards for doing, but am 
curious to experience the rewards for having done.

  -Shay

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