Written tasks for a #submissive

What is a Task or assignment?

Tasks or assignments should always have a purpose - to help improve a submissive in a particular way.

This list of six general purposes of a given assignments posted by |X|C|BDSM|, originally taken from a handout at Beyond Leather in Ft. Lauderdale, FL in April of 2013.

For their Growth / Education

• Reading List
• Cultural Exposure, such as going to a play or museum
• Doing something creative, like writing a story or drawing a picture
• Taking a class or learning a new skill

For your pleasure / benefit (Service Assignments)

• Chores / errands
• Purchase a type of clothing the dominant likes
• Embarrassing or frustrating tasks that the dominant enjoys
• Four Types of Service Assignments
• Service that makes you (the dominant) feel good
• Service that makes you look good
• Service that unburdens you
• Service to your goals and ambitions

Conditioning / training

• Practising service tasks
• Daily Focus (Posture, presentation, mindfulness, etc)
• Learning and remembering preferences

To gain information / insight about them

• Journalling
• Porn / Fiction – An assignment I often give where the submissive is told to collect fictional D/s stories that arouse them and tell me what they like about each.
• Questionnaires – such as a BDSM checklist or the Myers-Briggs assessment.
• Essays – Such as “300 words on what the word ‘slave’ means to you”

Keep them busy / maintain dynamic and structure

• Chores / errands
• Scavenger Hunt

Personal Care

• Exercise
• Diet
• Grooming
• Breaks / Vacation

Examples of good daily tasks:

A few great ones are listed above such as journaling, practicing posture or positions, sticking to a diet, exercising or purchasing a piece of clothing your Top has requested. Here are some more ideas:

• Daily Check-Ins (Specific Times by text, email, phone, etc)
• Maintaining respect when addressing the Top.
• Wearing a collar at specific times or 24/7
• Completing a submissive/slave workbook/worksheets or written assignments.
• Asking for preference regarding clothing or wearing what the Top chooses for the bottom. (wear only heels, go commando for two hours during the day, specific lingerie, etc)
• Meditation or Yoga
• Self-care (time for you, counseling, trip to the spa, out with friends, etc)
• Specific Bedtime and/or Wake Up Time (Must in bed by midnight and awake no later than 7 am)
• Researching a specific BDSM aspect or activity - completing an assignment on research (journal x number of pages, practice, oral report, etc)
• Reading X amount of pages in a book
• Financial Responsibility: Given an allowance, In charge of budget,Pay bills
• Permission to orgasm/masturbate/initiate play or follow specific instructions when doing so.
• Chores:  Laundry, Lawn Care, Daily Cleaning, House Repair
• Service Tasks: Preparing a Meal, Specific serving instructions (kneeling, in the nude, as human furniture, etc), Preparing daily drinks (i.e.; coffee/tea in the AM, alcoholic beverage in the PM), Taking care of children, Organizing important dates and functions (meetings, doctor’s appointments, birthdays, etc), Preparing a Meal,Specific serving instructions (kneeling, in the nude, as human furniture, etc), Preparing daily drinks (i.e.; coffee/tea in the AM, alcoholic beverage in the PM), Taking care of children, Organizing important dates and functions (meetings, doctor’s appointments, birthdays, etc)