Everyone has a particular place in their life where they feel the most\u00a0\u00a0 comfortable. This place could physical, such as your childhood bedroom, or it could be a state of mind that you travel to for inner peace and better mental health. Comfort zones sound amazing- I mean, what’s not to love about being carefree? However, there is a time and place for every comfort zone, and, sometimes, we all stay in our little bubbles of protection rather than pushing ourselves to be braver, bolder,\u00a0\u00a0and more adventurous in our daily lives.<\/p>\n
I’ll give you an example. Picture this: You have always had\u00a0the same friends, the same schedule in your daily life, same job routine. \u00a0You are in your so called “comfort zone”, happy with the niche you have carved out for yourself. One day, you get a job opportunity from the company of your dreams. All expenses to move are paid for, and you would receive a better\u00a0income, along with the chance to grow\u00a0as an individual.\u00a0 Still, you can’t\u00a0\u00a0seem to make yourself go. You struggle with the fact you’ll be on your own in a new place, having to climb the ladder at work all over again; it just doesn’t feel worth it. <\/em><\/p>\n This is where most people rely on their stable conditions as an excuse to stay in their comfort zones-\u00a0\u00a0their self-satisfaction\u00a0\u00a0stands in the way of\u00a0their options.\u00a0\u00a0These people would choose to be “just okay” with the way things are instead of chancing their future,\u00a0only because they are afraid of the challenges that might lie ahead;\u00a0they believe the burden of change will be too much for them.<\/p>\n Let’s get one thing straight. This decision will make or break a person. Most often, the people who choose to reside in their comfort zones will continue to use this as an excuse for every passing opportunity until there are no chances left and they are eternally forced to remain in the state they put themselves in. Complacency kills creativity, and we are more often than not so satisfied with being average that we overlook the possibilities our future would hold when we take advantage of our surrounding choices.<\/p>\n Robert Frost said it best when he stated, “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by.” It made all the difference for him, why couldn’t that happen for us?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Everyone has a particular place in their life where they feel the most\u00a0\u00a0 comfortable. This place could physical, such as your childhood bedroom, or it could be a state of mind that you travel to for inner peace and better mental health. Comfort zones sound amazing- I mean, what’s not to love about being carefree? … Continue reading ““Comfort Zone or Complacency?””<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions\/170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}