[RT Wolf]

I've gotten a lot of clarity about this recently and I wanted to ping others to see if there's any resonance. I've discovered that I like challenges because it feels like they add to the spice of life. So, I unconsciously create different challenges in life, holding just enough information, clarity and skill back to make things interesting.

I discovered this when I realized that the only reason I'm interested in making more money is because its a nice intellectual challenge for me. Once I realized this, I lost a lot of my interest in making money. I've also realized that I purposefully (but unconsciously) make life challenging for myself.

Now here's the thing, to me, challenges make life worth living. Analogy! Take a game. If you're really good at it, the lower levels will feel really easy and you'll get bored and if its really tough, then you'll get frustrated. There's just the right level of challenge that makes us happy. And it is not the idyllic victory that actually makes us happy (you can read up on Flow by Mihaly Cechzmihaly or somin), that is, lying on a beach gets real boring really fast. But challenges that are equal to our skill level are the most interesting and get us into a flow state, which is a great state to be in.

Isn't life most interesting in growth? And isn't growth about challenges (not struggling, just challenges)?

So there's my belief, Challenges make life worth living and things worth doing. Rebuttal? Alternatives? thoughts?

Sorry about the disjointed post and thanks for your replies.