Discomfort

Discomfort has a funny way of elongating time.

That’s why I recommend it.

When you’re comfortable, the days vanish. And so do the years.

When you’re in some kind of pain or discomfort, the seconds stretch out to eternity. Somehow time gives you more space.

Run through the pain in your lungs.

Embrace the quiet emptiness.

Fight until you can’t stand up.

Learn to suffer the mild discomforts that our modern world is curing.

And you will find something better:

Time.

The one thing we all want more of.

Throw away your TV. Throw away your couch. Throw away the candies, the treats, the takeaways. I’m not joking.

Do you think you’ll look back when you’re old and wish you’d spent more time on the couch, eating snacks, watching Netflix.

No one wishes that.

Go outside. Stay outside. Take risks. Hold something worthy of your life. Your one life.