Log 23: Expensive comfort

A trek I almost gave up on taught me a lesson I keep seeing everywhere in life: the hardest part is rarely the mountain—it’s taking the next step. We often choose comfort today and unknowingly make tomorrow harder. But what if the life we want is built through small, ordinary acts of courage? This reflection explores why we avoid difficult things, how comfort quietly becomes expensive, and why motivation, confidence, and certainty often arrive after we begin—not before.