There are many situations that one can encounter where doing extra amounts of work, volunteering to stay longer, or charity work will go unrecognized. Many of these experiences generally go unrewarded which make an individual question why. Questioning why they spent their own personal time to do extra. If one does not see the fruits of their work despite putting in extra amounts of effort, their motivation decreases resulting in a feeling of emptiness. Though many may not realize it, sometimes doing more work than necessary is recognized not by the person you may intend but by those who are around. Although the rewards of such acts may not be immediately rewarded, there are much greater rewards in the long run.
Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday the Army ROTC here on campus conducts PT or physical training which is a group exercise. It generally runs from 0615 to about 0745, with “chores” that follow. Tasks such as flag detail and lounge detail are carried out which can take anywhere from 15 to 30 minutes. Flag detail is when a small sized group raises the flag and lounge detail is a group that cleans the lounge after PT. In ROTC everyone is split in half, into two different platoons or groups and each …show more content…
I generally stay and help out to clean, however, I noticed that the past few times I did lounge that not everyone from my platoon was present. This of course was extremely un-motivating to see. Thoughts like why am I here, putting in the extra effort to clean when I can be like everyone else and just leave. There was also no immediate reward or praise that followed so I felt like I was wasting my time. I am the type of person who like to finishes a task if it is given and finish what I started. Without any kind of reward I felt like the work I was putting in was meaningless. I was stuck, I really wanted to finish cleaning but at the same time I felt unappreciated and wanted to