The world is filled with panaceas sold to you to make you avoid pain and feel good. Clothes, cars, pills, experiences—all are packaged and tied with neat little bows of “this will relieve your aches and pains,” “this will make you feel good,” or “this will help you forget your worries.” But if you stay in your comfort zone, you will never grow. Life is going to throw all sorts of stuff at you, and either you get sucked into creating habits of indulgence, distraction, and numbness through clothes and pills, or you can learn to roll with the punches, even leaning into them as a way to grow
