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I like to think of Sisyphus a bit like someone waiting in line for a rollercoaster or a ski lift. The pushing is a slog, but then you reach the top and WOW BOOOM the rock cascades down the hill and it's AWESOME! Time to start pushing it back up again.

Yes yes I know Sisyphus is a metaphor for the pointlessness of life - but that doesn't mean you have to take it at face value.

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> The pushing is a slog, but then you reach the top and WOW BOOOM the rock cascades down the hill and it's AWESOME!

In the original myth the rock rolls down alright, but it rolls down over our hero and then he has to go down and push it back up again knowing what will happen.

> pointlessness

or perhaps that the work itself is the reward

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