Antidepressants

[footfootfoot]

Well, it all depends upon the task. There seems to be an inverse relationship to the usefulness/importance of the task and the degree of motivation.

Back in my yute I worked in a ski shop in the winters and we pine-tarred a lot of XC boards. (Siddown sonny, lemme tell you about real skis...)

Anyway about a month or two into the season, several gallons of pine tar later, my co-worker turns to me in resignation and a bit of depsair and says "This is ganja work."
i.e. mindless, repetetive, and soul crushing.

[jinx]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Back in my yute I worked in a ski shop in the winters and we pine-tarred a lot of XC boards. (Siddown sonny, lemme tell you about real skis...)

Dude you must be old! In my youth I raced on carbon-fiber honeycomb-core Fischers - with an ironed in and scraped off hot waxing the whole length (because we were doing that new-fangled "skating", we didn't use a stickier wax or klister in the kick zone). We traded in our propane torches for medals as it turned out...

[Griff]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

"This is ganja work."

I always loved doing my own skis but the joy can easily be sucked from anything that becomes a job.