{"id":14719,"date":"2023-07-27T05:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/?p=14719"},"modified":"2023-05-30T09:51:55","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T16:51:55","slug":"100-words-on-the-dangers-of-loitering-in-the-comfort-zone-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id14719-100-words-on-the-dangers-of-loitering-in-the-comfort-zone-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Escaping Your Comfort Zone: Why It&#8217;s So Important"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/comfy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14733\" title=\"comfy\" src=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/comfy.jpg\" alt=\"escaping your comfort zone\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/comfy.jpg 500w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/comfy-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a>Escaping our comfort zone is hard. After all, it&#8217;s only human nature to want to spend as much time as possible there. And why not? It takes courage to walk away from the dependable familiarity and security that waits for us there; for many, sometimes <a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id7260-how-to-pay-off-credit-card-debt-quickly-2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that&#8217;s even true in adverse situations<\/a>, such as a failing relationship. Unfortunately, it&#8217;s impossible for us to grow, be creative, and lead truly fulfilling lives when we continually play it safe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The bottom line:<\/strong> Don&#8217;t be afraid to venture <strong><em>beyond<\/em><\/strong> the confining boundaries of your <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Comfort_zone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comfort zone<\/a>, because that&#8217;s where life&#8217;s most exciting and satisfying moments ultimately reside.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: smaller;\">Photo Credit: Pete Markham<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Escaping our comfort zone is hard. After all, it&#8217;s only human nature to want to spend as much time as possible there. And why not? It takes courage to walk away from the dependable familiarity and security that waits for us there; for many, sometimes that&#8217;s even true in adverse situations, such as a failing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","pmpro_default_level":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[473,470],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14719","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-100-words","7":"category-tips","8":"pmpro-has-access","9":"entry","10":"has-post-thumbnail"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.8 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Escaping Your Comfort Zone: Why It&#039;s So Important<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It&#039;s human nature to want to spend as much time as possible in familiar places. 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