Would you wanna stay in comfort or change? why?

[bobalife]

A lot of people talk/ponder on things they’re unhappy about or they talk a lot about goals they’re not going after. They sit in comfort in their life.

Some other people takes the steps and chase what they want in life.

Which one are you?

[Lliam]

I much prefer comfort.
When I worked, it was to earn money in order to buy more comfort.
If I changed jobs, it was to gain more money, security and comfort.

I finally got a job with excellent salary and amazing benefits. I learned the system and how to be a superstar at that job with the least effort and most enjoyment. I stayed with that job for 30 years and retired with a pension and hefty 401(k).

I have moved a few times, but my wife and I finally bought our first house in 2002. We painted the rooms colors that we love. We have nice furniture and all the comforts. We have decorative trees and gardens, wind chimes, sculptures. a small fruit orchard, herb and veggie gardens.
It is comfy, just the way we want it, and I never want to move.

I am always slow to get the latest, greatest stuff. If the stuff I have works, I'm happy with it.
I bought a really nice TV when mine broke. I don't give a fuck about Blue Ray and surround sound.
I still listen to vinyl records and CDs.

I don't want any SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) devices or appliances because I don't want my activities monitored, analyzed or reported.

I still have an i8 phone because it works fine.

I still use a 2017 MacBook Air because it works fine and I'm used to it.

Being comfortable doesn't mean being inactive or not doing fun things. To me, it just means having my needs met, doing what I want to do, and not stressing.

[SueShe]

I am actually chasing my dream and this dream is taking up all my time and energy. I am 100% focused on my education and the rest is on the backburner and has a much lower importance in my life.

I don't date, I don't fornicate, I don't drink or do drugs (never have and never will do any of those activities) simply because

1. They are not healthy for you

2. They don't bring me any intellectual advantage or improvement

Until 2029, I am totally focused on obtaining my degree and to seek employment in the field of studies I have chosen.

[midnightmoon05]

I have both. I am very comfortable with all my basic needs met.
I am also very adaptable and make changes to be better… for my health (not that I’m sick)…. But for greater strength and travel and help my kids get to a greater places than me! They are doing well… but can always do more and help others.

[Purpleronnie]

If forced to choose then change wins every time as in my gut.. Life IS change , but not change as in quite my job , leave my relationship and move to the other side of the world , more constant and managed change.


Comfort keep you stable , change forces you to grow. Clearly my life / everyone’s life needs both but should you lean too much on confort then your life is stagnant and flat. Comfort feels good immediately but will cost you later so I treat it as a small plateau to rest upon before for the next change. After all we need to recover , to build energy for the next change. Too much change and life can feel overwhelmingly busy and hectic and it’s important to take a moment and look at the sky and be present before running at the next problem or improvement.


Change immediately feels uncomfortable but forces you to adapt and grow which I realized early on massively builds confidence , but push to hard and it becomes chaotic and stressful




So managed change / development and growth with some meaningful breaks or plateaus has been my life and not that I’m promoting it as a recipe for success , but it suits me but to each their own.

[Anonymous]

Comfort. I busted my ass when I was younger to get to where I'm at. So far this year my retirement plan has earned me 81k. That puts me on place to earn almost a qtr. million this year. Now am I saying that's going to happen? No. But it could. The point I'm making is this. I've already made more than my job used to pay me. I've actually done that for several years now. And this is my FULL point. When you're young you're ambitious (hopefully). As you get older you've hopefully built something. And by the time you get to your 40's, 50's, and 60's hopefully you've done well enough that what you've built sustains itself.

Now to me, my time is worth something. Why would I tolerate being uncomfortable unless I'm being properly compensated for my time? If you're not paying northwards of 100k for my time then there's nothing to talk about, you're just wasting BOTH of our time.

Did I get what I want in life? Nothing in life is as good as you want it to be. But I do consider myself to be blessed. Money cannot buy everything.

[NathanDavis]

well, precisely this... was the main reason why I did quit college

grades were not issue at all, scholarships paid most of it... career was given after graduation, the money could have been substantial, BUT... I was not really going to enjoy something that "easy" and I know I was not going to be happy with it either

so I just got out half-way... and dedicated to something else that, was not going to be as easy, it was harder work in most senses (COVID times were really interesting lmao) but to me it was worth everything because it would give me what I have today, which is flexibility and kind of a "self-stability" that would also let me focus more on what truly makes me happy, which is my family and friends, and partners too, of course

[Shr00merite]

I’m the type who usually doesn’t ever want to change a routine I’ve gotten use to unless it’s practically forced upon me to do so and even then I don’t like that change but I always knows it’s probably what’s needed to happen or was gonna happen regardless of wether I like it or not and that’s just life and gotta try and handle things accordingly.

[ohsheeT]

I just live life every day i am here there working if not I'm doing something to my house or helping a friend or a friend of a friend I would like to Chase but it has to be what I'm looking for Some type of something lol

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

I'm strongly leaning towards sitting comfortably in my life. But it's not as if I was starving for things to get either. Maybe I chase a thing or two. Sometimes.

Depends if it's siesta time or not, it's not specified in the question.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

I'm not comfortable if I'm not chancing. Like I literally can't sit still to sleep at night if Im not happy with myself.

You could say I'm allergic to not trying

[molonski2]

At my age now , I'm far more focused on comfort that I built up over many years , I will still take some risk but certainly limited.

[Nikki1989]

If I were unhappy, I would be taking steps to fix the situation. It seems so many are content in living a life of misery.

[AngryCarl3]

Some people choose misery. Some people: misery chooses them.

[thegreenyogi]

I'm all for change. I easily get bored and I thrive in times when I have to adapt to learning or experiencing something new.

[exitseven]

I am pretty comforatble in my life but I could use some more adventures.,

[Massageman]

It's not usually going to fall in my lap- I've fought for just about everything I have.

[AngryCarl3]

Either change or max out on what you're doing. The comfort zone is where we go to die.

[AgentG111]

I've done a lot of changing to be comfortable and it doesn't always work.

[gymFreakRomanticAss]

I love uncomfortable situations because that is exactly where my growth is

[beenherebefore]

No, I like taking risks once in a while.

[Marissa4]

To keep evolving, stay comfortable; get stagnant.

[Bklynbadboy12]

I'm always gonna chase my dreams

[Anonymous]

I'm not sure yet, depends on many factors.

[shortster]

I don't like change.