Psychological space coupled with living space, in which a person feels calm and safe, is usually called the comfort zone. Why, according to the majority, is it necessary to overcome this zone, to get out of comfort in order for a person to feel even better? Let’s first look at the comfort zone from the outside and try to give it (as far as possible) an objective assessment. If we are talking about peace and security, then this means this is a zone of conditional comfort, where everything is predictable, stable and without any hints of risk and life’s challenges. Stagnation. Still water. And over time, a substitution of concepts occurs: this zone ceases to be comfortable, it becomes... familiar. Therefore, a person gradually gets used to the once created and unchanging environmental living conditions and calls it a comfort zone, while over time, comfort becomes conditional, because stagnation is also the cause of chronic stress. Because in the absence of dynamics, sooner or later those aspects of life appear that no longer completely suit a person, but she has already “persuaded” herself that she feels good the way it is, and then she gets used to it “good.” The most common example is that a person goes to school. a job in which he has already lost interest, has no desire to move on, he has reached some point of growth and froze there. It's time to leave and start something new, but he convinced himself - "I can't do anything else, so I continue to go to this unloved job." Yes, you don’t just need to get out of such a “comfort zone”, but I would say, run! After all, the slower the personality is destroyed by routine, the more difficult it will be to restore oneself. Therefore, first you should decide for yourself: what is comfort? Slow, stable and predictable stagnation or slow, unstable and therefore unpredictable growth? Movement or marking time? Still water or a mountain stream? Many may argue: why risk it? What if the risk doesn't pay off? I agree with both the first doubt and the second. But the fact is that when you begin to go beyond the usual and self-created boundaries and take risks, then you have the opportunity to expand your understanding of comfort. Then you will understand that comfort is not about when you endure, but about when you develop yourself in new conditions, change your thinking and behavior, and get rid of bad habits. Just remember: the biggest risk is to give up risk altogether. Take care of yourself. Sabirov Salavat. My Telegram channel: #Your_personal_psychologist