Chores
Satisfaction can balance out boring work

“Housework can kill you if done right.”
― Erma Bombeck

Chores; an unpleasant but necessary task. That is the definition of a chore according to the Oxford Dictionary, these are what chores are in my life, unpleasant, but necessary. After spending hours on the boat, it tends to get very dirty, and it needs to be cleaned. Cleaning a boat is not fun. At all.

    After a very long day on the boat, waves crashing everywhere, food crumbs blanketing the floor, and fish guts where all over the place, a great day fishing. It was a perfect summer day, waking up early to make the trek to Boston Harbor, where our boat resides, meeting friends, arms full of chips, sodas, and sandwiches, I knew it was going to be a great day.

    A couple Stripers, Flounder, and Mackerel later, we were docking our boat, our friends departed and me and my dad were left at the boat. After a long day at sea, it was a catastrophe, and it was up to us to clean it. We got out our cleaning supplies, and marched aboard. After a few seconds of cleaning, my complaining started, why do we have to do this? Its just going to get dirty again. That was my logic, not very strong. We sprayed the boat with gallons of water, washed it with a mountain of soap, and scrubbed it with the strength of a thousand men. A couple eternities later, and we were done. Finally we made our way to the car. 

    Although cleaning a boat for hours is a very very boring task, in the end, it is necessary. The next time we boarded the boat, it was as clean as ever, which made those hours spent cleaning it seem somewhat worth it. It was very unpleasant task, it was worth it in the end.

    Chores are very important, nevertheless they are boring, and time consuming, but the satisfaction of achieving a goal balances it out.