Quests: more complicated

[beccaelizabeth]

I have been thinking about my Quest that I planned. Parts of it have gone well and parts of it are well planned and booked and parts of it haven't launched yet. But I have today concluded that the plans are all missing an element: Proper Quests are helpful, and while I personally would find it helpful to have a dragon on my side, I think there's a certain rescuing and aiding element that's supposed to go with it. I mean, having a dragon and then sitting in my cave for another year is a bit missing the point.

So now I'm trying to think of ways my Quest plans could be helpful to others.

... so far I'm coming up with 'sponsored Quest for charity', which suffers from certain flaws, such as it being me asking the half dozen or so people who actually know me to give money to charity in exchange for me doing precisely the things I want to.

I'm still planning on going to Cardiff. Maybe there's stuff people want taken there? I don't know.

I can think of things I have done that have been useful, but they mostly involve ordering online shopping for my mother. It's neither practical nor quest related for people that aren't my mother.

Mum did working in charity shops. I did not think that looked like fun. Or indeed something I could do for very long at all.

... honestly, trying to think of ways to be helpful to others just immediately gets me all 'clean all the things?'
I'm sure there's small helpfuls of some merit.
I just feel really useless.

... Could I get a dragon first? Dragons are helpful... Erm, if you need to scare off monsters... which clearly provides practical real world benefits very often...


I was planning to write stories that would share what I have learned and make people a bit happy and say the important things about one person making a difference.
... that's much easier to believe when the one person in question is The Doctor...

... but, me...?




Mum says I should quest for dragons in Wymondham. I have in fact found an ad for dragons in Wymondham. There's a Green Dragon pub.

Mum's advice is mostly on the lines of Do Not. Then I end up sitting in my chair a whole lot. I wish to do big questing so I can actually Do.

Comments

[moonlitcactus]

Forgive me if I'm speaking out of turn here - but I get the impression that going on the Quest is going to be helpful to *you*. Couldn't that be enough for now? Once you've done the one for you, you can start thinking about what/how to do for other people :)

moonlitcactus x

[beccaelizabeth]

But part of the problem is feeling a bit useless, so being useful would improve the success of the quest.
Is also good for me.

[moonlitcactus]

How about this as a first step, then? In each place you visit, find a charity shop that supports a local charity (or just find a local charity), and either buy something or donate something (even if it's just a book, or £1).

Or write stories based on your Quest, and sell them for charity.

[anne_d]

Start small. Go on your first Quest because you want to go; do it for you. You are important, too, and you deserve to have someone doing questy things for you.

If it goes well, then you could start thinking about doing things for other people.

Now, go tame that dragon, and remember to have fun.

[beccaelizabeth]

This is a good and true thought too.
But part of the problem is feeling a bit useless, so being useful would improve the success of the quest.

[anne_d]

This is your first Quest, so don't overthink it. I know from personal experience that if you overthink and try to do too much, you won't get anything done at all.

Perhaps if you look at it as a training mission, as if you were a squire rather than a knight, it'd be easier.