up: Tags:: 🌿 # Voluntary hardship causes less psychological pain than involuntary hardship Voluntarily put yourself through an ordeal and it's not nearly as psychologically damaging (even can be psychologically beneficial) as if you go through an ordeal involuntarily. Taking a cold shower, for example (I know from experience 😂). This is important because [[Joy is the long term activity of aligning values with action]]. Voluntarily putting yourself through hard things paradoxically is how you do the activity of happiness. [[Meaningless suffering is the most depressing thing imaginable|meaningless suffering, however, is the most depressing thing imaginable.]] Related: [[Psychological reactance]] ___ # Resources