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Wanting something so badly your muscles file a complaint.
means The act of working hard and persistently toward a difficult goal, usually against resistance.
from From Old French estriver, to quarrel or contend — so striving is literally picking a fight with your circumstances.
Same rootShares ancestry with strife — effort born of conflict.
Built-in struggleImplies difficulty; no one strives toward easy.
Maslow flavorOften paired with the never-finished phrase self-improvement.