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5 Signs You Are Too Comfortable In Your Life
It’s hard to dig deep when you don’t have to.
Pushing your limits goes against your nature.
As a human, you have a predisposition to safety and comfort.
No matter how tough you are, just about all of us prefer to sleep in nice cushy beds with warm blankets and soft pillows rather than on gravel. No matter how much you love working out, your brain still interprets processed sugar as an addictive substance. No matter who you are, you can get fat and out of shape.
All difficult things humans can do come from going against this innate desire to be comfortable.
Comfort kills more dreams than constant failure and discouragement.
Comfort kills dreams because it kills the source of dreams. Comfort kills the desire that we have to be more.
But there’s one problem:
If you push yourself too much, you run the risk of destroying everything you have built.
Success is the balancing act of seeking discomfort without self-destructing.
Here are 5 of the biggest signs that you are too comfortable — speaking from personal experience.
