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Doing it the Hard Way

Doing it the Hard Way

Published: 6/16/2025, 7:00:00 PM

Learning to play a musical instrument is hard. So is trying to run a marathon, writing a term paper, and caring for a sick child. These things involve frustration, pain, and disappointment — yet we do them anyway. This week, in part two of our look at the allure of suffering, psychologist