APX-IV-0020
“I turned down an easier path because I knew it wasn't the right one.”
Choosing difficulty over ease when ease is available is one of the clearest signals of character. You didn't shrink toward comfort. That choice is a data point about who you actually are, hold it.
Your Practice
Write down why you turned it down, the real reason. Not the one you'd tell others, the one that's actually true. Keep that reason close. The easier path will come back around and offer itself again. Having your reason written down makes the second choice easier.
The Architects
“When I first came up with the term, no one had heard of it before, at least in our world. It was an ongoing joke for a long time. They liked to kid me about my radical ideas.”
Margaret Hamilton, Interview in Snyder & Henry, Fluency with Information Technology, 7th ed. (Pearson)