What if you took the easy route? Why reframing our relationship with struggle could be the key to happiness

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Mental Health


What if you took the easy route? Why reframing our relationship with struggle could be the key to happiness

By Meena Alexander

3 months ago

14 min read

Wanting an easy life is painted as the opposite of grit and ambition, but what if we’ve got it all wrong? Is choosing the path of least resistance the key to happiness?


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