This could also be a labeling issue because you cannot identify the function of your habits. For example, limiting yourself in different areas could be a way of keeping your mind from being stressed too much. Trying to overcome this could be beneficial in general, but it could also be detrimental to your health. Of course, you could argue that my point leads to some kind of self-preservational self-deception because every questionable behavior could be considered as “helping in another way”. But I just want to make sure that not every comfort zone has to be labeled as problematic, but merely those which have negative impacts on your primary goals. You should ask yourself: Is “growing” my most important goal? Or is “growing” a means to an end?
Good observation. I agree that it’s a good idea to first recognize places of growth that you care enough about to want to improve at.
Personally, I’ve noticed that I subconsciously filter areas where I want to grow and areas where I don’t.
I sit on the fence when it comes to investing, learning about web3, or deepening my coding knowledge because I don’t really know much about them. But since the social and online circles I’m in say it’s worth paying attention to, I remind myself that I should probably not limit myself there.
But I don’t really care about getting better at some particular video game, for example, so I’ll limit myself to gimmicky tactics and never look back.
This could also be a labeling issue because you cannot identify the function of your habits. For example, limiting yourself in different areas could be a way of keeping your mind from being stressed too much. Trying to overcome this could be beneficial in general, but it could also be detrimental to your health. Of course, you could argue that my point leads to some kind of self-preservational self-deception because every questionable behavior could be considered as “helping in another way”. But I just want to make sure that not every comfort zone has to be labeled as problematic, but merely those which have negative impacts on your primary goals. You should ask yourself: Is “growing” my most important goal? Or is “growing” a means to an end?
Good observation. I agree that it’s a good idea to first recognize places of growth that you care enough about to want to improve at.
Personally, I’ve noticed that I subconsciously filter areas where I want to grow and areas where I don’t.
I sit on the fence when it comes to investing, learning about web3, or deepening my coding knowledge because I don’t really know much about them. But since the social and online circles I’m in say it’s worth paying attention to, I remind myself that I should probably not limit myself there.
But I don’t really care about getting better at some particular video game, for example, so I’ll limit myself to gimmicky tactics and never look back.