The more we solve our problems, the more we widen the definition of “problem” so that our number of problems remains constant. So don’t expect a life without problems. Progress doesn’t mean reducing your quantity of struggles, but increasing their quality. The goal of life is to trade bad problems for better ones.
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Happiness is having better problems. Success is having better failures. Discipline is having better addictions.
You don’t get rid of the struggle. You upgrade it.
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