'overcoming challenge' is a tough ambition. Almost people don't have that mentality, they prefer things to be easy. I do like the 2nd option truly.
But sometime in some cases i like to choose the option 1.
Example: i am getting problem to solve a SQL query, could not acquire the perfect result, then i take that challenge to overcome it and work till evening-night even at home until i get the perfect result. @bunnypuncher