Interesting.....
Do we want to contribute to overpayment for work? (That unfair condition may be at least as bad as underpayment for work.) Or, do we want to be compensated for our work according to the task/-s and additional costs we may incur for the purpose of performing that work? And, can we all afford to wait for big-bucks bonuses before we schedule jobs? If a fee compensates for mileage and/or wear and tear, should we refrain from deducting those costs at tax time? I do not have and answer or a solution to that convoluted little equation, but my tax guy knows what to do at tax time.
Anyway, I am pleased with my "negotiated" day. It is not the highest paid day in monetary terms, but it is a wonderful day overall: early in the journey I travel through an Autumn-colored valley en route to decently paid shops. On the other leg of the journey, I identify future potential shops and wonder if I would like to complete them. That would involve a different style of MSing and living. Then, I consider that I rarely have time for radically different shopping styles. Finally, I remember what others have posted here and contemplate the relative ease or difficulty of changing my world to accommodate extreme differences in MSing as it would be in my world. Even if money were fantastic, would more hours appear in my day, or might I become bionic and never again need sleep?
Seriously, now. I could not make this little trip without shops or some other method of paying for fuel. I know that others enjoy non-monetary aspects of their MSing endeavors. I have enjoyed reading about their experiences that are the result of MSing.....
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. - Lao-Tzu