@Jonathan: Great point! If doing the things you don’t want to do makes you perpetually miserable, you’re probably not doing what you ought to be doing!

The whole point of doing the things you don’t want to do is that getting those things done gives you a different perspective, and a different experience of life.

The point isn’t to suffer needlessly, but to bring to completion that which (by remaining undone) causes much suffering.

@Evelyn: Yes, it’s way easier to stay on top of the things you have a natural affinity for!

@Grace: Isn’t it amazing how all that mental machinery just keeps buzzing and buzzing! So much of it is, as you say, justification. Great observation!