Difficult.

We should find difficult stuff worthwhile, but often it is easier to give up.  I know that I've repeatedly given up in my life.  It is always easier in the moment.

Here I'm thinking of exercise.  And school.  And papers.  And writing.  And diets.  And girlfriends.  And my own sense of self!  And well, insert almost anything in there, and I've tried and given up on it.

But I'm here to report that after a life of giving up, budding consequences can catch up to the wave of freedom that accompanies a lack of effort.  And, I'm here to report that continual effort, likewise, can yield unforeseen positive outcomes.