Yes, Picker, I kinda stole the title from your Comfort entry. :P It has inspired me to write a follow-up of my thoughts on your insightful post. :)

(Except my sister just yelled at me for giving her random stuff on Neopets, so I've kinda lost my train of thought. Hmm. Speaking of Neopets, is it weird that I'm still playing it when I'm in my 20's already? Oh man, I can't believe I just said in my 20's ... That makes me feel so old. I feel like I'm still be 15 and in middle school (more like I wish). Where has the time gone to?! T~T)

Anyway, I digress. Being in your comfort zone for an extended period of time isn't the best because it doesn't promote growth, or change, or motivation for the above. You grow stagnant (is that an oxymoron?) in your knowledge, ambitions, thoughts, and just live life pretty much in a routine manner. Wake up, work, eat, watch tv, sleep, repeat. Out of your comfort zone, you strive to find a place where you belong and be comfortable in the world; and during that struggle you grow in wisdom, experience, and mental age (yay maturity!). You learn new things, meet new people, understand yourself a little bit better, and become a better person (yay optimism!).

Having said that, comfort zones are still a good thing to have once in a while.Aand right about now, I wouldn't mind finding my own, even if it only lasts for a couple of weeks. Actually, that's probably the ideal length for a comfort zone so that I can still work towards something that I want instead of staying in a job because it's "comfortable" and not because it's helping me work towards whatever goal I have. Anyway, all this stress from work (afraid of messing up, making a fool of myself, not knowing anything that's going on, etc.) and stress about the future (WHAT DO I WANT TO DO WITH MY LIFE?!?!?!!) is probably making my cortisol levels soar. And then my immune system is probably all suppressed (that word took me forever to spell, and I ended up having to look it up in the dictionary to get the correct spelling - is this the beginning of the end of my English skills?! nooooo!) and I'll probably get sick and AHHH. More stress. Sigh.

I think this shoulder/neck/headache's also stemming from stress. Being tense all the time probably affects your muscles in some negative way, especially when I'm tense and sitting in the same position constantly. But so yah, besides a complaint about my ailments, what I'm really trying to say is that even though comfort zones shouldn't be dwelled upon for a long period of time, once in a while, it's not a bad thing, especially for the health. I need to find my comfort zone or just settle into a healthy routine soon or I feel like my health is going to go further downhill ... and no one wants bad health.

Hello, comfort zone! Where for art thou? Come to meeeee.


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