Fellow goalsetters (and reachers),

what do you to reward yourself after reaching a goal or better yet after doing a bunch of things you don't like to do but just must to? I don't have good ideas for myself her and tht's starts to become a problem. I justcan't do and accomplish and work and do etc to no end. I need a break. Spending money for something does not qualifie as a reward since I want to amke money, not spend it.

Thanks in advance :)

Pick out the things you normally enjoy during a day-day basis, and then use those things as rewards. You can phrase it as "As soon as I accomplish A, I'll go and do B." Where A may equal revising a web page, and B might be having lunch. Resolve to finish the task, and the reward will seem that much more satisfying.

Normally I will reward myself by going for a walk, reading, playing a game, watching a movie etc.

When I accomplish large goals, I'll usually do something more time consuming like going out for an evening, taking a day off, etc.

Michael Sikora

Guardian Light Studios (http://www.guardianlightstudios.com)

I went to a Terry Pratchette (SP?) book launch and when asked how often he writes books he stated that it takes him three months. The first part is comming up with the plotline ect, his favorite part, second is writing the story - also fun, and the last is 'adding in the lituature' - The boring part, but if he manages to complete this, he rewards himself by starting his next book.

Not indy gaming, but I think it still relates. :)

To reward myself, I ask a few friends and we go out to a restaurant.

I do this because Its relaxing to sit on a table and talk about non-academic topics at a dinner table with buddies I know.

hehe, I love Terry Prachett books :-)))

And actually it's quite a bit indy related.. isn't starting of a new project the most exciting and fun part?
Doesn't it then start to become less fun and more work over time?
And it ends with horrible finish when working on some, rarelly exciting, details and bugs :-)

ah - yes. I'm in the "work" part now ;)

Originally posted by MirekCz
And actually it's quite a bit indy related.. isn't starting of a new project the most exciting and fun part?
Doesn't it then start to become less fun and more work over time?
The problem you have with rewarding yourself with the thought of a new project is making sure that you don't cut corners on your current project in order to start the next earlier :)

That's a problem with rewarding yourself, regardless of what the reward is. All you have to do is make sure that you've defined exactly what it is that you're rewarding yourself for. Be specific, and don't reward yourself if you didn't meet all of the requirements for the reward.

My reward is actually sitting back and enjoying what I completed.

This is also sort of a test for me. knowing that i completed my task is in the exact proportion of the reward/satisfaction i'm getting when watching something i created comes true in the best way possible.

Like gilzu said, the reward comes from accomplishing the tasks.

Looking at the results of a piece of code you've worked on for a few days is the most rewarding thing for me. It is actually the most rewarding thing I ever do.