The Easy way or the Hard Way?
By Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
Centralia, Missouri
August 19, 2016 4:11pm CST
I am sure at some point in your life you heard the quote, “we can do this the easy way or the hard way”. Usually the person being asked wants nothing to do with either option, but I got to thinking, does anyone ever pick the hard way? Life is hard enough as it is without making it harder.
What have you done recently with an easy way or a hard way? Did you know there was an easy/hard way too? Which did you pick? Why?
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@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
19 Aug 16
I'm not an adventurous person so I pick the easy way.
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@DnkHrth (268)
• Sri Lanka
20 Aug 16
@Jessicalynnt It happens to me too. I think we are not thinking properly before begin something.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
20 Aug 16
@DnkHrth very true, in a rush, didnt stop to think, something
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
20 Aug 16
sometimes I think I am doing something easy then realize halfway through there were much easier ways that never occurred to me!
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
20 Aug 16
that's my luck, then again, I never said wrong, just not easy, lol!
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
20 Aug 16
@Jessicalynnt Life is fraught with little hardships.
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@maggs224 (2320)
• Alicante, Spain
21 Aug 16
I think most of us pick what we think is the easiest way out of something. But often the way that seemed to be the easiest turns out to have been the hard way all along.
If we had chosen the one that we thought would take more time energy and cost turns out to have been the easy way all along :D
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@TheHorse (219080)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Aug 16
I chose the hard way when I decided to teach Research Methods a could of years ago. I knew I needed a new challenge at the College where I teach. I chose the easy way when I decided to miss about half of the softball games for the two teams I play for this Summer. I had too much going on with music, and didn't want to burden myself with another obligation.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
20 Aug 16
ewww research methods, I bet that can be quite dry, and hard to keep people excited lol
@JudyEv (340466)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Aug 16
Thought-provoking post. As we get older and stiffer we're always looking for easy ways but mostly it's to do with physical stuff. I guess sometimes I'll give in to a person's idea rather than have a big fight about doing it the way I think it should be done.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
20 Aug 16
and that might be the easier way!
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@JudyEv (340466)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Aug 16
@Jessicalynnt Easier for me - and just very occasionally the chance to feel REALLY smug when 'my' way turns out the best.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
20 Aug 16
I think that if everything was easy we'd never learn, but I do think I could certainly handle alot more easy
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@celticeagle (167210)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Aug 16
@Jessicalynnt ....Luckily I have had a reprieve for a while.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
20 Aug 16
It certainly sounds like it sometimes -hugs-
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@DnkHrth (268)
• Sri Lanka
21 Aug 16
@Jessicalynnt It happens a lot. I have seen so many people choose the easy way, which is the wrong way. I am just trying not to be like that.
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
20 Aug 16
you have a very good point, sometimes the hard way IS the right way, and the easy way is wrong somehow
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@LadyDuck (471569)
• Switzerland
21 Aug 16
@Jessicalynnt lol, you are right, he is working now on his tablet, here not far from me, and he is making a mess only to copy some files from his computer using the Wi-Fi. Why not to use a USB key? Too simple I suppose.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
21 Aug 16
@LadyDuck lol I didnt know a tablet had the ability to plug a USB into it!
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@Tampa_girl7 (50317)
• United States
20 Aug 16
I always try to avoid the hard way. It sometimes doesn't work out
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
20 Aug 16
lol right, and sometimes the hard way is the right way and the easy way is cheating or wrong somehow
@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
21 Aug 16
It depends, I usually go for the path of least resistance. And always have a backup plan
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@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
22 Aug 16
@Jessicalynnt yep always go into a tricky situation with at least 1 in your back pocket
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
21 Aug 16
backup plans are a really good idea! lol
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@Rohvannyn (3098)
• United States
19 Aug 16
That's an awesome question that deserves a long winded answer, ha ha! I've been reading lately about developing hardihood, about purposely picking the hard way for things. Like Theodore Roosevelt, "choosing the Strenuous Life." The two "hard way" things I've done recently are both related to health. One, I've decided to get up a half hour early and take a walk most mornings. Oddly, that "hard way" seems to make the rest of the day go more easily. Two, I started ending my hot showers with a cold blast to really wake myself up. But that's kind of fun so I don't know if it's the hard way. Honestly, many times if you take the hard route, you will just end up having an easier time later on.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
20 Aug 16
true, by doing something the hard way you might get stronger, faster, learn more, sometimes though hard is synopsis with stupid, lol
@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
20 Aug 16
It depends, if it can be done with easy way, I would for sure do it the easy way and not the hard way.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
20 Aug 16
sometimes the problem is knowing which is which
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
21 Aug 16
kids gotta be kids, sometimes I am sure it is to test to see if you will really enforce what you said you would
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
21 Aug 16
I'm not very good at problem solving or organizing really... so I often choose what I think is easy.... and someone comes along and says .., why didn't you do it like this.... it would have been much easier and quicker...?? but sometimes it is better to choose to take a bit longer to do something a slightly different way which may appear harder ... but in the long run is much better for what you want....