Who told you to get comfortable?

Life can be monotonous. Truly. Day in day out. Same job. Different stressors. Same boring blah routine. It's exhausting to say the least.

It's easy to get comfortable in life. You get up, go to work, go to the gym, watch Netflix, develop routines that do not benefit you physically or mentally in anyway. You make enough money to be content maybe and take your 2 weeks of vacation a year. This may not be all of you but I know I catch myself falling into this pattern easily. You start making excuses for why you never accomplished the things you told yourself you would. That's because it's EASY to embrace comfort. Many people believe surrendering yourself to the monotony of life is what it takes to achieve what they want, but more often than not thats not the case.

This is why so many people wake up and have a mid life crisis or why so many relationships fail. You get too comfortable. You stop trying. You stop striving. If you aren't where you want to be in life or if you don't like the scenery, why are you still there?

Many relationships in life fail because people get too relaxed. They stop going out to date nights. They start staying in more often. They stop pushing each other and challenging each other and get comfortable, co-dependent. If your partner isn't motivating you to get up and pursue your best self everyday and checking you when you aren't, that needs to be reassessed. Same goes for friendships and family in your life. Your circle should inspire you to push yourself past what you even thought you could accomplish for yourself.

The reward in life is luxury. Luxury isn't always materialistic. Luxury is freedom of time. Luxury is mental peace and prosperity. Luxury is having a happy, healthy life. The type of life you always dreamed you could have.

There is absolutely a way to deal with the mental demands and repetition of life without giving into it wholly. This requires discipline. This requires you to push yourself past your comfort zone. This requires you to challenge yourself.There is a difference between being comfortable and being content. Learn to figure out what that means for you exactly.

Everything buckles down to effort. In my opinion, effort is the most attractive quality a person can possess. Lack of effort has ramifications which extend beyond yourself. This has lasting negative effects on both yourself as well as your partner, friends, and family who will all undoubtedly feel the effects of you throwing in the towel.If you’re going to give in to anything, surrender to the fact that your development, your mental fortitude, physical health, and relationships all require you to sit down and make the decision to rise about and make the most of what is required of you. In this way, effort begets luxury.

It's not always going to be easy, that's the point. Very few good things come without hard work and dedication. You have to constantly be switching it up stimulating your mind, your relationships, your career. Getting that luxurious life will require you to say yes to things you normally wouldn't and no to things you normally would. Assessing whether things fit your purpose or not.

So stop getting comfortable. Stop allowing life to put you down. You aren't stuck in a tornado being hurled into Oz. This is your life, you are in charge here. You control your relationship to yourself and others. You control your time and energy. You control your emotions. You control your discipline. Take the reins. Put in the effort. Take the leap. Who told you to get comfortable?