It’s actually not that hard, you just always choose the hard thing. You always choose whatever is difficult. Choose whatever makes you uncomfortable, choose whatever is going to produce the better outcome. Let fear be your guide. Whatever you don’t want to do because it’s scary, that’s the thing to do. That’s what you want to lift out of your soul. The only way to grow beyond what you are now is pain, and pain is actually not that bad. Difficult is easy; what’s difficult is sitting still and wilting, growing stagnant and growing attached to one dead spot. You cannot expect anything good to come from it — it’s too easy. Effort wakes you up, it sharpens you, it brings you forward in ways that nothing else will. Gather yourself in ways that you cannot otherwise feel, bring yourself to see the things that you don’t want to see.
Let self-conscious thoughts slip through your mind, let them pass and hold only to the thoughts that move you forward. Don’t bother with nonsense, don’t get caught thinking you’re a major part of anyone else’s thought loop. They’re thinking about themselves, they’re caught up in their own world, just like you are.