The Comfort Domain Expansion

Take the fucking stairs once in a while.

Listen. As a species, we've made lots of strides to make our lives easier. I'm here to tell you that's awesome.

No, I'm not gonna shit on conveniences like some tough guy. All of these effort-savers are great. However, some of you take it a bit too far by saving all your effort for your death bed.

Here's where I'm gonna sound like a tough guy: You're too soft.

1. If you think taking the stairs sucks, you're a bitch.

2. If you think actually going to the grocery store instead of using Instacart is too hard, you're a bitch.

3. If you think saying, "Thank you" to the bus driver would be too much social interaction, you're a bitch.

You may have noticed that these are small things, and that's my point:

If you're facing an inconvenience in your life remember that you can handle more than you think. The thing is that it's not comfortable to do so.

The issue is that most people miss out on a lot by not realizing this. When people don't realize this, they give up too easily. You're hitting what you think is your limit, but it’s actually your comfort zone.

Your comfort zone is a zone, not a fence. This means that you can expand it.

In exercise, pushing past your limit is known as progressive overload. This can apply to nearly anything because once you increase baseline, your limit increases with it.

Even with small things, once you push your comfort zone a little bit, you become aware of what you're capable of.

Let's say you're someone who's scared of the gym, so much so that you've never stepped foot in one before.

And let's say you step foot in one. You don't even exercise, you just walk inside.

At that point, you become aware that you're capable of walking into a gym, so that's a non-issue going forward. Your baseline comfort zone has increased.

Next, you'll blow past the "walking in" part and then take a stroll on the treadmill for now because touching the weights scares you.

Once you do this, you'll be familiar with 10% more of the equipment than before, so your comfort zone will expand to possibly be okay with exploring other equipment. So on and so forth.

If you're a wuss, you'll say:

• No, this is my actual limit!

• It’s not worth it because it’s too hard.

Listen, you're wrong.

Your limit is what you reach for so that you can reach past it. Just resign yourself to the fact that this discomfort is necessary.

I promise that the discomfort you'll deal with while expanding your comfort will be less than the lifelong discomfort of your drained potential.

Do this:

1. Choose a goal.

2. Determine the steps and truly understand what’s necessary.

3. Desire it.

4. Resign yourself to the fact that this process WILL happen. You don’t have to like it, but accept it.

5. Prosper.