An expanded comfort zone, oddly enough, is not always a blessing. A person has the ability to adapt to everything, including negative living conditions. Sometimes such concepts as unloved work, lack of finances, small living space and so on enter the comfort zone. A person gets used to living without a gap ahead, and he is quite comfortable in his small, cozy world. He calmly puts up with annoying factors. But that means stagnation. A person in this situation does not develop. And for development, he needs to destroy his comfort zone (change jobs, sell an apartment, start a business, etc.) in order to create another, but at a higher level. In what situations should this be done?
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You feel capable of more. Your work does not give you the opportunity to develop. You are stuck in the same position for 3-5-10 years and do not see further opportunities for vertical or horizontal career growth. You have such a boss that you do all the work for him, but you get many times less. You feel that you have a good potential, but you cannot realize it in the framework of your current activities. Would you like to go into freelance or start your own business, but work is in the way … Ask yourself the question: what keeps you in your comfort zone? High salary? Maybe you are afraid to “burn out” and be left without a livelihood? If you don’t take the risk, you won’t know. Afraid that the family will not support? Talk to the second half. In any case, this cannot go on further, because soon you will feel or already …
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… you feel that you are degrading. You began to read and communicate less with people, spend more time in front of a TV or computer in search of entertainment, become more harsh and categorical in judgments, forget basic things, feel that it is harder for you to carry out your work duties. You begin to annoy the "high-flown conversations, " and gossip and rumors cause genuine interest. It's time to sound the alarm! You run the risk of becoming an "office plankton" or a hard-working binge. Break the comfort zone and start living in a new way. What is in the way? Usually what you like to roll down. This is easier than taking care of yourself and constantly improving yourself. Beware, otherwise you will soon notice that …
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… you are constantly depressed. This is not even depression. This is worse than depression. You are annoyed by household chores, colleagues, your work, your home, your children, your wife or your husband … For any question, you snap or soak yourself. Nevertheless, you are quite comfortable. You justify your inaction by saying that "everything will be worse anyway." People around you suffer from you, and you (albeit not consciously) revel in this - someone is worse than you. You need to find strength in yourself and smile. Then you need to change your thinking and lifestyle. And soon you will begin to make excuses that …
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… you're bored, tired. You’re tired of going to work every day, taking care of the house and yourself. You are not interested in anything new, moreover, you are either apathetic or aggressive towards everything new. You start to just go with the flow. You refuse to make decisions and take fate into your own hands. In this situation, you are most comfortable. Just know that it’s very difficult to get out of this state. And soon you will catch yourself thinking that …
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… you do not think about future prospects, are afraid to take risks. You feel comfortable in your "nest", nobody bothers you. You are satisfied with your life, family, work, you have come to terms with the inevitability and do not expect gifts from life. Congratulations: indifference has broken your personality! But maybe something else is worth changing? And break your comfort zone, your shell and be born again?