It’s sometimes baffling how much overlap there is between the things that bring us joy and strife. What’s even more baffling is that the choice that we make to commune with those things is usually a conscious one. Especially when you can’t predict when or where the joy or strife will take you.
These choices range from life-alteringly significant to so minor as to be unconscious. On the larger end of the spectrum, we have careers, relationships, and goals for which we push ourselves. On the smaller end might be a lactose-intolerant person eating some ill-advised soft cheese, or staying up about 30 minutes later than you should and risking spoiling the entirety of the next day.