Sorry, but it’s never getting any easier!

There’s this Hemingway quote from a letter he wrote to a friend:

He says, “I love to write. But it has never gotten any easier, and you can't expect it to if you keep trying for something better than you can do.”

I’m not one of these people who accepts everything Hemingway said or did as gospel, but he does have a point here.

If I want to continue to grow, mature, and evolve, I have to accept that the work will never get easier.

The workouts will always be hard, sitting in meditation will still require something extra of me, being kind and compassionate when my default reaction is to be self-righteous and insulting.

Making a healthy meal instead of picking up the double cheeseburger from Hugh Baby’s takes more time and effort than I want to give, but inevitably, I will feel so much better.

So, if I want to be a better coach, writer, husband, son, brother, colleague, etc., it’s not going to get any easier. I have to show up consistently and do the work- little steps every day.