Ever So Slightly More Difficult

Most growth happens beyond our current capacity.

Maintenance is good and healthful, and at times (and in some aspects of our lives) that’s exactly what we should be doing. But if we want to develop—in terms of skill, in terms of thoughtfulness, in terms of strength or balance or other sorts of physical dimensionality—we usually have to go beyond what we’re able to do, today, and then suffer and flail around a little bit to achieve those gains.

It’s possible to go too far too fast, of cours...