Rob Dial argues that life is a choice between easy now and hard later, or hard now and easy later. Skip the gym today, lose mobility tomorrow. Cook healthy meals now, avoid heart attacks later. The discomfort of change only kicks in when staying the same hurts more.
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People do not change until they realize that the pain of staying the same is way worse than the pain of change. Because life is either easy now and hard later, or hard now and easy later. Everything in life has consequences. Choosing easy now and sitting on your phone and scrolling instead of working out means you might lack mobility. You might not be able to walk as well later on down the road. Easy now and hard later. Choosing fast food over making a healthy meal today means easy now, hard later. But the consequences of that easy now might be a heart attack later on down the road. Getting up and taking action towards a better you is always harder now. Whether it's your body, your money, your relationships. Choosing hard now will make your life easier so much later down the road.