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Tasking - 11/19/2007 6:49:51 PM

Maya2001

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I have had a couple discussions on tasking with a couple of doms and their views on and what they define as tasks and what they represent.
In the one dom's case the types of tasks he would assign, would be very creative, edgy, sexual, erotic, something that would have me craving the next assignment and enjoying the arousal high each would bring

In the case of the other the tasking is made up of writing assignments, , the first couple of times may feel okay but could get very boring and pretty darn quick and feel like a mundane and intrusive chore to be dreaded .The firsts opinion of this type of tasking is that is was never what tasking was meant to be and in effect has giving the view/idea of tasking a bad reputation. He actually suggested I should trying posting about this, suggesting that it might help to give some doms new views/ideas of what tasking is about and the fun that can be had in creating tasks for subs to do

So I would like to ask

1.) do you assign tasks?

if you do

2.) what does it represent to you?

3.) give an example of a task that you would assign?

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RE: Tasking - 11/19/2007 7:00:37 PM

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I have no patience for make work. And he has better things to do than keep tabs on if I'm doing something he isn't interested in either just so that I can be kept busy. Real life fills the time more than well enough.

Anything he's asked of me has grown organically out of the relationship and our needs. Ranging from back when we were LDR and couldn't see each other for a couple of months so he asked for a snail mail love letter, to researching how to face a fireplace in stone.

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RE: Tasking - 11/19/2007 8:24:54 PM

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i'm not a Master but i can speak for the types of tasks my Master/Daddy asks of me and they aren't in either of the two groups you mentioned.

When we were in the early stages and only living together part time he would give me a task like..."Go find 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' and watch it."...or some other movie on his list of favs. This way i had to go out and try to find it (not always possible) and watch it so that i could understand certain jokes he might make.

Sometimes he will tell me i have a task of getting a certain thing from the store or something.

i consider most anything he asks me to do as a task. Some are easier to complete than others; some seem just like daily activities.

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RE: Tasking - 11/19/2007 8:38:17 PM

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Some examples of things he has me do for him:

1. I type up documents for him - there's an electronic dictation program so he emails me the dictated file and I type it up.

2. I do research work for him.

3. I do online shopping for him and make his travel arrangements.

4. I do photo shoots of myself for him regularly.

5. I am always writing to him. He enjoys the way I write and how I express myself. I write him stories, essays, reports, journals, etc. It's been a great way for me to analyze myself and share my findings with him. And knowing how he enjoys it makes it pleasurable for me, except when I had a recent struggle with writers block.

6. Soon I'll be moving much closer to him, and I'll have the opportunity to do so much more for him - help him at the office, run errands for him, etc. I'm looking forward to that. :)

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RE: Tasking - 11/19/2007 9:22:24 PM

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Tonight his tasks were to make salads for dinner, eat dinner on the couch with me, watch 4 hours of DVR together and then go do his work.

And you just have to trust me when I say that actually getting him to do that is insanely easier today than it was two years ago and even tonight it required some stern talking.

In the end, as always, he thanked me graciously and was far more productive at his work than if I'd let him go off like he wanted.

I also task him with things like telling ME to remember to get things, picking up things at the store, being ready to go at a certain time- I'm a practical girl, I want things that make our lives easier and more enjoyable together.

Essays were an important part of our beginning time together, but never trite things like "What does submission mean to me?" Once we started spending a lot of regular time together, I only enjoy emails and make requests for them on occasion when I want a deeper more permanent perspective from him.

As for busy work? Life's too busy :)

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RE: Tasking - 11/19/2007 9:32:38 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: LuckyAlbatross
Essays were an important part of our beginning time together, but never trite things like "What does submission mean to me?" Once we started spending a lot of regular time together, I only enjoy emails and make requests for them on occasion when I want a deeper more permanent perspective from him.

As for busy work? Life's too busy :)

Good point. One essay I was especially proud of was Reaslism vs. Idealism. I even gave it to my Dad when he was alive, and he wrote one in response! :)

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RE: Tasking - 11/19/2007 10:39:26 PM

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I usually assign tasks in order to get to know them better...or to have them serve me. An example of the first is asking my girl for her to write out the definition of her 'Shield Maiden' archetype. An example of the second is asking another person to do some research for me (it's one of her talents). Since my Ms relationships aren't sexually based, even if there is sex involved, I'm much less likely to assign tasks like that.

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RE: Tasking - 11/20/2007 6:42:48 PM

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maya,

Indeed I assign tasks both in a mentoring mode as well as sd s "D". But there is always a useful purpose in doing so, sometimes a learning task and also as a tool for punishment. The key is that there is always a goal in mind.

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RE: Tasking - 11/20/2007 7:47:28 PM

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tasking... I have regular routines that I like, but I don't generally use tasking myself. About the only thing at this point is she keeps a running shopping list (cause a case of CRS in the store sucks big time), and figures out meals according to a monthly menu (so we keep a variety of dishes circulating, and so I don't have to pull a menu outa my ass each night).

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RE: Tasking - 11/20/2007 7:57:26 PM

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I think Master got the wrong kindda paper there lol

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