Comfort and Challenge

Thursday, April 18

Something I’ve been thinking about: your comfort might be your problem.

Most people pursue comfort—in their jobs, relationships, friendships, everywhere. We are desperate for comfort, and for the most part, we’ve achieved it.

Most people you and I know have everything they need: a good job, a home, food, and clothes. It doesn’t mean they are millionaires, but they aren’t lacking anything. They may have things they want, but they have what they need.

Yet they complain, are miserable, and are negative. Why? because they are too comfortable.

This comfort leads to complacency. When we get complacent, we get restless. We start to look at others and compare situations. We manufacture dissatisfaction (in our jobs, relationships, friendships, etc.). This manufactured dissatisfaction leads to drama.

It’s because we’ve succeeded in the pursuit of comfort. Yet comfort isn’t what we should aim for. We are at our best when there is tension, discomfort, and adversity. When we pursue things that challenge us, we keep our gaze forward, not letting comparison take us to the left or right.

You may be realizing that you are too comfortable today and that the “problems” in your life are manufactured from complacency. The key, then, is to pursue a bigger vision, to put your eyes forward and focus on what matters, on what moves you forward.

The solution to comfort and complacency is to chase what challenges you.
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Keep chopping wood. 🪵🪓

-Kevin