Have you ever given something or achieved something which wasn't worth the amount of effort you put in?

Absolutely. Most of the (few) awards I’ve ever received were not worth the effort.

I competed for lots of college scholarships, particularly from academic competitions called “A-team” (Academic team). After four years of practicing and training and going to meets I made it to the national competition, and yet all the scholarships for all of that effort totaled to just about $5000. Not that I didn’t enjoy the experience and certainly $5000 isn’t insignificant for a scholarship, but compared to the copious amounts of financial aid that I got from my college just from getting accepted it seems like not at all the greatest payout for the amount of effort in.

I spent almost two years and a lot of money to try and make a Haunted Attraction I worked at the best around, only to have the owner cop a fucktard attitude and let me go, but keeping most of my stuff.