Why Should I Leave My Comfort Zone?

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This is the latest buzz phrase I detest – ‘you should leave your comfort zone once a day’. Why? I like my comfort zones. Sitting in a comfy chair, barely dressed, watching TV, or listening to my music, knowing the pub will open soon – luxury. My comforts tend to be quite laid back, lazy and relaxed. Why should I abandon that to take up rock climbing or kick-boxing? That would just leave me thinking I’ll fall from a great height and bruised up from being kicked a lot. I am not with the no pain no gain brigade who think stress and pain equal living. To me no gain is worth pain. I see little point in stressing myself out. I can donate money to those who do run a marathon without feeling obliged to run one myself. Sometimes life draws us out of comfort and complacency; work, searching for work, friends in need, distracting business and sales calls but we can quickly get over that with a nice hot bath – I don’t feel the urge to get over work by being splattered in a paintballing game. My counter-strategy is ‘get into your comfort zones’ and stay there as much as possible – no pain, no gain? Fine, I like my pain-free environment. Masochism is not for me. Arthur Chappell