Hard Today. Easy Tomorrow

“Challenges are what makes life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” -Joshua J. Marine

“When life gets tough, some of us feel that we’ve lost the game and life has won. But life isn’t trying to defeat you. Life isn’t even a participant—the game is yours.” -Mo Gawdat, Solve for Happy

“Your habits are often a byproduct of convenience. Humans are wired to seek the path of least resistance, which means the most convenient option is often the one that wins. Make good choices more convenient and bad choices less so. Behavior will improve naturally.” -James Clear

“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds.” -James 1:2

“As Carl Jung put it, ‘Man needs difficulties. They are necessary for health.’ Yet most people instinctually avoid pain. This is true whether we are talking about building the body (e.g., weight lifting) or the mind (e.g., frustration, mental struggle, embarrassment, shame)–and especially true when people confront the harsh reality of their own imperfections.” -Ray Dalio

“Self-esteem comes from achieving something important when it’s hard to do.” -Clayton Christensen

It’s hard today because you’re not yet fully the person you’re meant to be. You might have to learn new skills, increase your capacity or get stronger mentally and physically.

The good news is…when you do hard things, when you freely and joyfully accept challenges, when you allow for some discomfort, you develop all of the above. You grow as a human being.

So much so that the hard things today will feel like a walk in the park tomorrow.