Goals and pain

Friday, May 3

Our goals involve pain.

When you think about your goals, you think about how good it will feel when you accomplish them. You think of how great you’ll look when you lose the weight, how free you’ll feel when you pay off the debt, how excited you’ll be when you cross the finish line at the marathon, how ecstatic you’ll be when you raise that trophy. We visualize and anticipate the moment we can say, “I did it!”

What most fail to think about is the work the goal will require. The fail to visualize the setbacks along the way. The fail to realize the pain they must endure along the journey of becoming who they were meant to be.

But every goal requires pain. Struggle. Difficulty. Adversity. And when we don’t expect it, we suddenly question whether or not the goal is worth it in the first place. We start to question whether we have what it takes. And then we give up and go back to our old habits.

Pain is part of the process. Don’t be surprised by it and don’t run from it. Keep battling through it. It’s the only way forward.
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Keep chopping wood. 🪵🪓

-Kevin