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> Breaking out of your comfort zone isn't about addressing defects, it's about growing as a person. Do you think it's the discomfort itself that helps you grow
by Joeboy 10y ago
> Breaking out of your comfort zone isn't about addressing defects, it's about growing as a person.
Do you think it's the discomfort itself that helps you grow as a person, or something else? If not, what?
For myself, I think I've probably got about as good as I'm going to get at faking sociability. Sometimes that's useful, but I don't see much point in experiencing discomfort for discomfort's sake.
- a_t48 10y agoFor me it's more that breaking out of that comfort zone will let me get more opportunities for myself and meet more interesting people.
- Ntrails 10y agoSome things are not fun. Being in a room filled largely with strangers is Not Fun, if they're all drinking it's Double Plus Not Fun. There is a chance that doing a not fun thing will result in longer term gains of fun via meeting people, but strangely when I'm miserable and uncomfortable it's unlikely I'll make friends and influence people. So I'll weight that with an appropriately small number and find that my overall happiness is higher by avoiding the above scenario. I could of course start drinking to take the edge off but that doesn't seem like a great idea overall. I'll stick in my comfort zone for now, where it's comfy. And there's tea.