Without the capacity for [[Embracing discomfort]] , you will miss out on more long-term and challenging goals. Without discipline, we have [[Reactive ambition]] , which is more related to [[Hedonism]], where we are tied to our pleasures. But through discipline, we have the capability to pursue even our most challenging visions for the future, thus giving us [[Freedom]] on what we want to achieve in our life. However, a reasonable criticism is if the goal is freedom, shouldn't we just act free now without the need for discipline? Isn't discipline actively going against what we want to do? A concept that answers this is [[Wu-wei]]