This! Thank you for this perfect allegory!
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I thought work is something that you enjoy? why should I then stop?
Way to turn around your own argument!
And yes, "work"ing towards something can sometimes be not fun, but then the reward is all the much sweeter when you actually beat a challenge. Same in working life by the way: You usually most of the time enjoy it, but sometimes it can be tedious. A lot of people would actually choose not to work if they were not financially dependent on it.