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Emmy-nominated Netflix stars, podcasters, and New York Times–bestselling authors Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus help millions of people live meaningfully with less. The Minimalists have been featured in TIME, GQ, ABC, CBS, NBC, BBC, NPR, and they have spoken at Harvard, Apple, Google.

Dislike, Discomfort

By Joshua Fields Millburn ·

I don’t do things I dislike, but I do many things to feel discomfort.

If I dislike an activity—if I don’t enjoy it—I remove it from my daily life.

I’m serious about growth, though, so I often place myself in situations that help me grow; these stoical experiments frequently make me uncomfortable.

The difference has to do with timing: When something is new and unfamiliar, it is, by definition,  not natural, not comfortable. In the long run, though, I don’t keep drudging through tasks I don’t enjoy—I move on to something new. Life is too short to do anything you dislike.