Why We Do Hard Things Every Day

You should do a hard thing an have an open conversation with someone on the other political spectrum as you.

Hard things will build you into the person you want to become.

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Epictetus, Discourses 2.18 (Long): "Every habit and faculty is maintained and increased by the corresponding actions: the habit of walking by walking, the habit of running by running." Skip it thirty days and, as he says, "you will know the consequence."

Having the conversation you've been putting off counts more than another cold shower

You might be interested to know that they came out with a study just this year that showed the mechanism behind why we want the "reward" more when there is effort associated with getting it. It's really elegant: the dopamine spike triggered at the moment of reward attainment is essentially boosted at the release site by a neurochemical triggered by effort (acetylcholine). That right there is your brain telling you it's built to work for its rewards.