Sometimes I feel like a rapacious little dog. I'm always yapping at myself for another reward or treat.

I got to my word count goal today!
I took yet another look over my final copy of Mouth Full: Rendezvous & Recipes!
I brushed my teeth!

Treat, treat, treat, treat! Candy, cakes, vacations, sweaters, makeup, baths or a good meal - all treats I've given myself for doing the most spectacular or mundane thing you can imagine.

The more mundane, the better the reward. I bought myself a trip to Paris after I remembered to buy toilet paper once!

But I was thinking, what if the reward is doing good work? You know, being able to look back and say, "I did a good job." That would be great.

I'm going to have a glass of white wine because I wrote this post.

Yours,
Susan