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Old 04-18-2008, 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted by YourSelf View Post
To summarize my point: at a certain point it makes no sense to keep rewarding yourself, at a certain point you should take on a higher level...
But my question is: when do you know you must stop rewarding yourself and get to the next level?
What makes you think that the two are mutually exclusive?

AFAIK, the point in rewarding yourself is so you enjoy the activity and feel increasingly like throwing yourself into it and getting better.

BTW, there's no reason you can't stagger your rewards - a little one for "just showing up" and a bigger one for achieving "the next level".
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