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I've been spending time working over at some friends house, where they just had a baby & are in the middle of remodeling by themselves at the same time, & could use a hand. And what I've discovered is... it's really rewarding to spend a day doing 'chores' (yard work, demolition, painting, drywalling, whatever) when you don't have an emotional attachment to the job. I mean, if it was my yard and I needed to be cleaning up the droppings of a large number of pine trees over the winter, I don't think it would be such an enjoyable task. Well maybe that's not so profound, but I am nonetheless surprised how enjoyable it can be to do a good day's work.