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Working Through Discomfort
Whether physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual, it all comes down to choice.
Some days I feel incredible. I am content, feeling good, ready to tackle the world and anything and everything that comes my way.
But there are days that I don’t feel so incredible. I am discontent, feeling off, uncertain how I will face the world and anything and everything that comes my way.
I know that I am not alone in this. Everybody I know has both good days and bad days. The question that comes up, though, is one of choice.
When there is discomfort, whatever form it may take, how do you handle it? That’s a question that only you have the answer to.
There three primary ways to handle discomfort in whatever form it takes.
1. Let it derail you. Don’t do your work — whatever it may be. Complain, seek out distractions, do things other than the work you should be doing.
2. Let it impact you. You do your work but not without complaint and distractions. You put some effort into it, but not your all because you do not feel you have your all.
3. Push past the discomfort. You do your work and set aside the discomfort you are feeling. This takes effort and concentration but tends to have the…
