Where's your Comfort Zone?

Good question Julia

Totally agree with theasxgorilla -- me 3 : )

For me it's good to have a comfort zone. But it's also good to spend to time away from it.

I just spent 3 years away from it.

It is very nice to be able to have it there when needed.

theasxgorilla said:

For me it comes in waves. When I'm not willing to step out of my comfort zone I'm consolidating what I already have/know. In this information/consumer age I think it's too readily encouraged that people should be adopting the latest whatever. But how does the new thing contribute to the overall mission you have for your life? (do you have a mission for your life? many don't I expect)

When I feel sufficiently consolidated I seek out or welcome offerings of something new. And when that thing turns my world upside down my time spent consolidating means I have a solid foundation to fall back on...but I never need said contingency because I never F up, ever, honest : .

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theasxgorilla said:

As with markets, I suspect timing is everything.

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Thanks for interesting comments, people. I pretty much fall into the category that ASXG above describes.

Most of you seem to regard the term 'comfort zone' as especially referring to where you are living. I was thinking of it a bit more broadly.
e.g. I'm really entrenched in where I live, just love everything about it, would hate to move. And I'm pretty attached to the friends I have, wouldn't like to take off away from them even though I know I'd make new ones.

But I do want to be challenged intellectually and get bored if I'm not.
Also really value this site for the constant availability of new ideas from smart people.

And sometimes it's just the small stuff, like being shown a new way to do something which is much more efficient, saves time, mess, whatever.

I really admire those of you who constantly push yourself into geographically new - and apparently often raw - experiences. I'd be too much of a wuss to do that.

Once I left home at 17 I used to up root my life on average every 3 years.

I realised I was onto something when one of my mates said, "You're moving to where? Edinburgh? Where is that?"

I think it is important to continually push your boundaries, I believe life should be lived by the proverb it's better to wear out than rust out.

However, I know now why it is called "settling down with the family" since marriage & kids life is a lot more tame so I found a new boundary to push - wealth creation specifically, trading. Not as exciting as the previous boundaries, but exciting none the less.

Julia said:

OK, good, thanks very much for responses. I wasn't sure whether I was being unreasonable in questioning the sort of defensiveness I've come across when suggesting there might be something more to look at.

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It's endemic to my mind, nearly ubiquitous.

Julia said:

Anyone with the opposite view? i.e. "I'm really happy here in my comfort zone, thank you, and you should just go away and leave me to it".

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Interesting I don't engage much with people, I find it difficult to empathise with my perceived selfishness of the majority of people I see swirl around me. This is reflected in most of the pursuits I engage in eg road cycling (do it my myself or with one other), mountain bike riding (similarly), bushwalking (similarly) and about to take up a new pursuit, sea kayaking, mostly alone. I can't be engaged nor have any interest in the things that most people are interested in: football sports of any kind, consumption of alcohol, smoking, spectating at events etc etc and find these activities mind numbingling boring as they don;t enage me at the physical level when I want to (ie to regimented) nor at the intellectual level)

I read, a lot... and varied...perhaps to much It can lead to paralysis, information overload and over analysis Financially I find it difficult to stretch myself eg I could never do what doctorj did for example but I like to challenge myself physically.