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An Existential Crisis

Not Overthinking

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The Pain Is the Unit of Effort

At least in my social bubble, pain is the unit of effort. How hard you're trying is explicitly measured by how much suffering you put yourself through. I often on the internet laments, why nobody actually tries? Once upon a time, it seemed to me that aiming at the full force of your problem was self-defeating. The reason is this pervasive and damaging belief that pain is the units of effort.

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