What's Hard? What's Easy? WHY do you Care?

Throughout the day, along the way, we find that some things in life seem hard while some things in life seem easy.  The things we like to do feel a lot easier than the things we don't.  Obviously.  But, let's face it, we have a lot on the "to do" list that is required--things that we might not like and might be hard.

One way to get through the hard stuff is to dig deep first and ask yourself the all-important questions:

WHY?
WHY should I do this?
WHY is this important to me?
IS this still important to me?
WHY do I care?
WHAT do I want?

The answers to these questions makes the work of self improvement make sense.  Losing sight of the WHY, or finding yourself in a position to redefine the WHY is important as time marches on.  Things change.  So do we.  So do our goals.  So do our priorities.  So do our life circumstances.

Sometimes the things that we find hard one week can become easy another week, and visa versa.  It is easy to eat a quick, filling, protein-packed breakfast during the week.  You have to move on with your day.  It becomes a little harder to do that on vacation in a pancake house with butter and bacon everywhere.  It is easy to go out for a long walk with the dog when the weather is pleasant, and it becomes harder when the weather is not.  It is easy to dress for the day when all the clothes in the closet fit.  It is harder to dress for the day when we are frustrated because only a few of the clothes fit.

Let's remember that not living the life of our dreams costs us something.  It may cost us disappointment, sadness, stress, frustration and limited opportunities.  That life feels hard.  The cost of a life well-lived will include sacrifices and effort, no doubt.  It will also come with the priceless gift of freedom.  Freedom that is earned, little by little by redefining what's hard and what's easy and revisiting the many reasons WHY that matters.