Maintaining is not very gratifying. Right now I’m thinking of our yard, but it also applies other places. Ethan mowed the grass and I planted some geraniums, pulled weeds, edged the driveway, and I’m sure there was more because I worked longer and harder than what that list looks like. The yard debris container is nearly full, but our yard still looks average. When I put a lot of work into something, I want the effort to achieve something more than the status quo. Maintaining is certainly better than deterioration, and perhaps sometimes I just need to accept that.