You can’t always expect to be comfortable. If you have that expectation, you’re in for disappointment. By constantly seeking comfort, you’re training yourself to be unhappy. Comfort is contentment with the status quo. It’s not a bad thing. It’s different than acceptance because comfort implies a lack of discomfort—there’s a positive connotation to it. In other words, you can accept the discomfort that comes from working out, but you aren’t comfortable. Comfort implies rest. It’s the warm coziness when al is right with the world. If I choose to sleep on a bed instead of an air mattress or camp in an RV instead of a tent, I’m choosing comfort. When choosing comfort becomes habitual our tolerance for discomfort diminishes. When we cease to tolerate the discomfort in our world; when we opt for convenience (time-comfort) and less strain and stress, we become unfit for an environment that doesn’t specifically cater to our comfort. We lose our self-reliance, we lose our vibrancy, agency, energy and talent. Therefore, the directive is to seek discomfort—to become content with less. To lead a more strenuous and effortful life. Take the stairs, walk instead of drive, cook instead of ordering take-out, clean instead of hiring someone else. At the very least, do these things until something more pressing becomes an issue. Seek discomfort not only in your physical life, but mental life as well. Allow yourself to get bored, listen and try to understand people you disagree with, do the hard work to hold an opinion. Seeking discomfort is how you grow.