On Discipline
Be men, my friends.
“Be men, my friends, and put courage in your hearts! In the battles’s fury think of your honor in each other’s eyes. When men have pride, more are saved than killed: but when they turn to flight, there can be no glory there or courage to resist.” — Homer
Control, freedom, and autonomy are potent forces that drive many individuals. But for some, the very notion of routine, the daily repetition of boring tasks, and the long process before results, are antithetical to the conception of a life well-lived, potentially instigating feelings of anxiety, depression or claustrophobia. This intense desire to want to do nothing, dreaming of a life untethered from any sort of purpose or something bigger than oneself, stem from the fear of commitment — there’s no pain of loss if one is absolved of any responsibility in the outcome.
Yet, therein lies an irony; in the z…
