Never thought about it before, a damn fine question, but here goes:
At least I’m still around to be able to do some which is a bonus.
It’s a feelgood factor when we eat the product from the allotment. Even after 40 years I’m a crap allotmenteer, The weeds are still there, some crops fail every year and the spuds are usually scabby. The taste makes up for it and if you don’t consider the cost of my labour, which you don’t if you enjoy something, it’s all free organic food. It’s great being sanctimonious.
Breaking pallets, skip diving and generally collecting free wood for the woodburner is hard but enjoyable work which makes me feel happy, satisfied, and sometimes achingly backed the next day.
Hard work doesn’t have to be physical, I participate in, help with, and organise a variety of volunteer organisations. The various rules regulations, and legal requirements are hard but not the hardest part. No, that is all the other people. Each have their own personality. They are frustrating, disorganised and fail to recognise my superior logic and organisational skills. But I love them all and wouldn’t be without any of them.
so, to sum up, hard work makes me feel so many different emotions, mostly positive. At the end of the day I’m just glad to be around to share this wonderful world we live in.
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