just wait and see

The saying  “To take the good with the bad” is common place, I would probably think everyone has heard it at some stage. But I don’t think many actually apply it. This might be because it is so easy to differentiate the good things and the bad things that it isn’t obvious that they are intimately related.

I think I first noticed it when I got serious about weight lifting. To get any form of gains (The good), you must persevere through a great pains.

Here is an example of good and bad being taken separately.

The university I go to has thousands of students, the people who live near the campus always complain about the students walking by their houses (street parking get filled too). Now this is bad and I feel for these people, it would suck to have to deal with that stuff especially if you have a family and small kids.

But there is always good. The obvious one is the student demand for housing near the university, this demand would push up the value of their homes. But no-one complains that they will make more money when they sell their homes.

Here is where taking the good with the bad is important, because benefits normally outweigh costs. But seeing that is a skill that isn’t overtly beneficial to have.