You may be stuck inside your comfort zone hence the reason you are still not where you want to be in your life. You need to break free from what’s holding you back if you want to progress well in life.

Below are the reasons why your comfort zone may be holding you back in life and what you can do to change that:

1. When you don’t take risks, you will never discover your true self.

Living in your comfort zone means just doing all the easy and safe things that you already know the outcome. You will never understand who you truly are if you don’t take risks and do something that scares you.

When we take risks, we discover a lot about ourselves. We discover what we are made of. We begin to see our true self and worth. This means you’ll be able to open doors to change, growth, progress, love, and understanding that can’t be found in your comfort zone.

2. It is impossible to learn and grow while stuck inside your comfort zone.

You can’t use the path that’s already lit to grow as a human being. Do not follow already existing paths, look for your own. By taking the road less traveled, you learn more about yourself. You will experience many things that you wouldn’t have experienced if you’d stayed in your comfort zone.

Knowledge and growth make everything you wanted to do in this life possible. All you need to do is start working.

3. You will end up postponing your life goals if you stay in your comfort zone when faced with difficulties.

When faced with a difficult situation, face it head-on, do not take a step back into your comfort zone. That’s the only way you will achieve your goals.  Life goals are very important. When faced with difficulties, you will need to have the courage to keep progressing. Postponing your goals will make it hard for you to achieve them later in life. Be courageous and push on, you will be happy you did that later on.

4. You lose a part of yourself when life becomes routine.

Comfort is a double-edged sword, although it feels cozy and warm when in it. You stay too comfortable for long till you begin to get bored.

Routine is part of your comfort zone. Although it might be satisfying you, for now, you are likely to be losing your ability to be true and share your gifts with the world. You lose the ability to create anything important when you lose that. That hurts both your life and those around you.

5. You get lost by following the crowd

When you live in your comfort zone, you become lost in the crowd.  Get out of your comfort zone and you will be noticed. You will be a leader and not a follower. You will act as a good example to others and pull back other lost individuals. Opportunities will begin presenting themselves making other people look for you, and trust me, the world will be a better place with you out there making milestones.

6. Dreams are made in the unknown

This is where dreams come true and life happens. Your comfort zone, therefore, is where dreams die and life stops. It’s easy when you think about it. Stay in your comfort zone and keep wishing for a better life or get out of it and create that world that you desire to have.