Easy Peasy

Lets talk today about things we find easy compared to what we think is hard. I also think it would be interesting and informative to take this one or two steps further, and discover how we feel about easy vs hard.

Is it true that there are many things we could do, that would be good for us to do, but we don’t do them because we think they are too hard? Let’s find out. Alternatively, could it also be true that there are way too many things that are not so great for us, and we find our selves doing them because it’s just so darn easy?

I know that I go for easy over hard any day. And yet, even as I say that, I also know that I find impossible tasks much more interesting than easy ones, and impossible tasks are often “easier” for me to jump into than “hard” ones. I love a good challenge!

Often, especially in our relationships with friends and family, we find ourselves taking the easy way out because we want to avoid conflict. Maybe we don’t want to “rock the boat”, maybe we don’t want to take on the responsibility for the decision making. Personally, I like to avoid conflict, but I also like to be the one who makes the decisions. At the same time, I do not find it easy to let someone make decisions for me. What about you? Are you a peacemaker? A boat rocker? A decision maker? A loyal follower?

Let’s grab our notebooks and see what we can learn about ourselves by filling in the blanks of the sentence below. Keep writing variations of the sentence until you begin to see a pattern developing, or until you run out of scenarios. Ready? Here goes:

• It’s easy for me to … because …. but it’s hard for me to … because …

For example:

It’s easy for me to blog and write posts for my websites because it’s interesting to me and I enjoy the creative aspects of it… but it’s hard for me to do the mega WordPress update because that seems fraught with danger and I have no idea what will happen and I’m afraid that it might be a huge ordeal.

It’s easy for me to sit and watch Ray Donovan because I love Ray, the show is interesting and I get lost in the story… but it’s hard for me to get on the treadmill and walk while watching because my feet might hurt, and I’m already tired, and I’m just too lazy.

Already I see a theme developing. If something is interesting, I’m much more likely to do it. If something seems uncomfortable, well, chances are I won’t be too keen on it.

Another thing I discovered while looking for images to illustrate this post is that it is generally believed that “taking the easy way” is somehow wrong, easy is “bad” and hard is “good.” Success never comes easy, it only comes hard. I’m not sure that I agree with this, what do you think?