Something that I’ve learned and discovered: I have the most fun when I do things which are both difficult and thrilling, which are within my own means.
For example, I’ve been doing these one armed kettle bell swings with my 105 pound kettle bell, which I try to bring up into a “clean†position. It is quite challenging, difficult, yet it is thrilling and exciting. Whenever I do it, I must focus, hype myself up, and also use chalk.
Therefore in life, perhaps we should pursue more things which are both difficult and thrilling to us. We must have certain challenges for ourselves which requires supreme focus, and an element of danger. It is unpredictability and a sense of potential danger which makes things fun and thrilling for us.
The worst life is life in which we are unengaged. And when are we the most unengaged? We are unengaged when things become too predictable, lack challenge and difficulty, and are boring.