The insidious slide from willing to tolerating
Something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately is the way I can unconsciously slide from a state of enthusiasm to a state of being willing, and more disturbingly, from a state of willing to a state of tolerating. This process generally ends when things become decidedly intolerable, and I find myself thinking, “How did I get here?!” I can start out enthusiastically agreeing to an activity, and somewhere along the way, I may realize that it’s not going to be as enjoyable as I