Thinking about the way language makes me think

What would happen if I were to take a break from the typical kinds of language I use to describe challenges--struggle, difficulty, painful--and instead force myself (for instance, when I write in my daily journal every morning) to write about challenge or pushing myself or even bring it on?

I recognize that inasmuch as I thought last term was difficult, the main difficulty was in the way I was thinking and reacting, not so much the actual events. In retrospect, I could have saved myself a lot of heartache by being less concerned with the way it all didn't 'feel' exactly right.

So now I'm on my way to being a Pollyanna, right?