Accomplishment

As I've mentioned before I find satisfaction and accomplishment in getting dirty (whether that is because of hard physical labor or because I was painting) even if it actually isn't that productive.
The other day my friend told me that she likes to travel because the feeling of movement and change makes her feel accomplished.
After going on a hike with some people who sped up the mountain far faster then I preferred and was capable I asked why they liked hiking. I like it for the peace and the natureness of it and the way they treated it, that didn't seem a likely motive for them. So I asked what they liked about hiking, and she said that getting sweaty makes her feel accomplished.
I asked another acquaintance what made her feel accomplished and she said doing well on a test. She then expanded that and said she didn't feel the same way about writing a paper because tests are timed with very specific points where writing you could have always looked through it one more time.
So although this one could be seen as normal educational success it also could be seen as more like checking something off a list feels productive.... I should have asked if she likes checklists.
This variety of things; getting dirty, traveling, getting sweaty, checking off boxes, are not actually inherently productive and yet each of us feels accomplished when we succeed in doing our own thing.
It has made me more curious about what other random things individuals associate with accomplishment. Plus, learning about them can make me more sympathetic to how people do things..... like the hiker who I thought was missing the whole point of hiking until I learned her purpose was different.