Enough sacrifice to allow yourself joy

tag(s): #failures #link-post #random-thoughts I was reading Reasonably Rocky on Nico's blog (highly recommend). This line hit close to home: I can't emotionally afford this kind of comfort. My wife says I can only allow myself to enjoy things if there's a degree of suffering or sacrifice attached to them. Once I heard Conan O'Brien share on his podcast a similar feeling, and he linked it to being…