Discomfort Is Inevitable.

Jim Rohn said, "We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons."

There's going to be a period of discomfort in trying to achieve any meaningful goal. If the suffering is just the discomfort of doing something hard, or the fear of what might happen while trying, then that is okay. It does not always mean something is wrong.

Sometimes the suffering that we go through is self-imposed, and it's important that we try to remove all self-inflicted suffering that could be affecting our ability to achieve our goals. A lot of that self-inflicted suffering could be: I wonder what this person's going to think about what I'm doing. I hope I don't get judged. I hope that people don't think I'm weird.

We should avoid unnecessary self-inflicted suffering, but sometimes you have to go through suffering to get to what you want.

Why are we doing things that make us uncomfortable?

Number 1: because they're going to shape us into the person that we need to be.

Number 2: because we're trying to reach a goal. There's no point in suffering for no reason. No one wants to suffer without a reason.

The second thing you need to ask yourself is: what do I truly want?

A lot of people, sometimes myself included, take their very existence here on earth for granted. You're going to pass away one day. We all will. The passage of time does not stop for anyone. Do you think you would be happy with yourself if you genuinely didn't put in the effort you wanted to in a meaningful swing at your goals, because you were worried about what someone else would think, or you were worried it would be too hard?

Which one would you regret? Would you regret trying to learn something that could benefit your life? Or would you regret more not trying, and just not giving your goals a meaningful shot? That's the real question that you need to ask yourself. And no one else can answer that for you.

Think about where you could be 10 years from now if you kept delaying the things you know matter to you. That's going to hurt 10 times more than it would hurt right now to just start doing something. That pain stacks up over time, and the longer you wait, the stronger it gets.

When we look back on our life, think about how grateful you will be for even those moments that in the moment felt horrible. They might have been such a hard time for you, but they shaped you into the person you are. You're so happy for your younger self for things that you did, because you went through that discomfort.

Discomfort is guaranteed either way, so the only real choice is which one - the discomfort of doing the work, or the regret that stacks and multiplies.