Smart Living is rarely static living. While it’s important to determine and live by good habits, it’s equally important to recognize the need for change: perhaps you’ve mastered your current level, and it’s time to grow to the next level. Perhaps the environment and expectations around you have changed, and you need to rise to the occasion and change accordingly. Perhaps you’ve simply become aware that what helped you get where you are now is not what will help you continue to move forward. Whatever the reason, we all come to points in our lives where change and growth are the order of the day.
Now, change and growth typically require doing something different, and doing something different often involves discomfort. And—who likes discomfort? How about this—you do. If you truly want to make growth and positive forward movement a key component of your life, here’s a way to make sure it happens, and to pretty much guarantee success: get comfortable with being uncomfortable. For example:
- If you want to build muscle, while working out may be uncomfortable, it’s necessary. If you become comfortable with the discomfort, you’re much more likely to go to the gym, commit to workouts, and achieve your goal.
- If part of your identity revolves around saying “yes” to people (friends, family, bosses), while you realize this allows you to feel good in that you’re being helpful, it also often means you’re not able to focus on your own priorities. If you get comfortable with the discomfort of “no,” you’re well on your way to getting things done and accomplishing your goals.
Everyone likes comfort. If you like it too much, it may hold you back. Consider your relationship with comfort. Then consider your desire to grow. Now, decide to get comfortable with being uncomfortable.
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