Making Friends With Discomfort is Your Most Versatile Superpower
How to build an extraordinary life without money, talent, or hard work.
Medium is replete with advice on how to live your best life, and I’m entering this hallowed space as an obvious imposter. I’m not rich, nor am I talented. I’ve never been able to keep up with a stellar morning routine, and I’ve never worked very hard at any particular pursuit. My “career” is basically just a collection of activities I’ve done to keep myself in funny stories, food, and gas money.
I know. I don’t belong here. But before I see myself out, I have some advice on living an interesting life, because if there’s anything I’ve done well, it’s that. Not through talent or hard work or even good luck. I just have an unabashed willingness to throw myself into the jaws of discomfort and let it shake me violently, puppy-with-a-plush-toy-style. And that, my friends, has made all the difference.
General advice for an interesting life:
- Live below your means.
“But I can’t! I’m barely making ends meet as it is!”
Yes, you can. There are people in this world who make less money than you, and they are still alive. Live like they do for a while, save the extra, and then go do something interesting…
