All Pain Is Not Equal!

I was an 800m runner.  I realized at one point in my running career that the approximate two minutes of physical pain experienced during an 800m race was nowhere near as painful as the emotional/mental pain I experienced when I gave up, didn't push hard enough, or wimped out during the race.  That lesson carried over to nearly every aspect of my life.  The pain of writing a 186 page Doctoral Dissertation in less than three months was well worth the sacrifice and "pain" compared to the pain/worry/anxiety of stretching out the process or procrastinating over a longer period of time or possibly never finishing the dissertation at all.  "The pain of discipline is far less than the pain of regret."  Sarah Bombell