If you really think about it, we spend our lives trying to get comfortable.  If we are too hot, we turn on the air conditioner.  If we are too cold, we turn up the heat or grab a blanket.  If we are hungry we eat.  Do you see a pattern here?  I think that is why, as adults, when we find ourselves in a comfortable situation, we tend to stay there.  It doesn’t matter if we are happy or if the situation is healthy, we stay because we are comfortable.  So, with that in mind, is comfort a good or bad thing?  The answer is it depends.

Comfort is definitely a good thing when it comes to temperature (especially while I sit in my air conditioned office).  However, when it comes to your relationships, your education and your career, comfort may not be the best thing for you.  Sometimes we stay in relationships that may not be good for us because it is comfortable.  Maybe we choose not to go back to school to get more education because we know that school is hard.  Do we really want to put ourselves through that again?  Are you staying in your current job because “better the devil you know, than the devil you don’t”? 

How is comfort holding you back?  Take a good hard look at your life.  Are you staying in a situation just because it is comfortable?  I challenge you to reach for your dreams.  Sometimes it takes stepping outside of your comfort zone to really discover who you are and what you are truly meant to do with your life.  Follow your intuition, learn the lessons you are meant to learn, most importantly, start today.