Wish your life was MORE COMFORTABLE? Click here for the solution!

We spend much of our time trying to make our lives easier. From diet pills that allow you to eat any way you want and get thinner, to couches with built-in drinks coolers so you don't have to get up and walk to the fridge and disturb your 'veg-session' in front of the TV - we are involved in the constant pursuit of ease and comfort. We manage to succeed too. Most of the people who read this live comfortable enough lives that they are able to own a computer and/or tablet and a smart phone, are able to access the internet - probably from somewhere pretty comfortable, and are either doing a job that is comfortable enough to support their financial needs or are currently studying to get said job one day.

unfortunately building comfort into every facet of our lives may be the biggest mistake we have made

I've been thinking a lot about how to live the life I dream of. Not one where I get to watch more TV, eat more junk food and generally have a holiday for the rest of time, but a life that will one day count for something that lasts longer than I do. The problem is, every time I start dreaming of how I could get started, a fear comes over me. My brain says "But life is so great right now... You are comfortable... this is what everybody else wants! Why change this? Just settle down and stop dreaming." 

we have been conditioned to get comfortable, and then wait to die without making too many waves

Society likes people who fit in. It promotes people who are good but not different, and rejects people whose talents and pursuits demand that we THINK AND RESPOND. I don't want to get all airy-fairy about this, but I do believe that this is a convenient and intentional construct of the powers-that-be (government etc) to keep society-at-large contained and control the dissemination of ideas - all under the guise of making our lives more comfortable, and thus BETTER... because comfortable is better right?

the problem is, I can't think of anyone who left a legacy by living a comfortable life

Apart from the guy who invented the Lazy-Boy chair, all of the people in history who have left a legacy that is still respected today have chosen at some point in their stories that they would be OK with a bit of - and many times a lot of - discomfort in order to realise the potential they could see in them and around them. The greatest of these people never settle down to a comfortable life. Even after making a huge difference and sometimes lots of money these people continue to choose to be different, uncomfortable and on-the-move in a world that is standing still. These individuals seem to know that to settle down and get comfy is to begin to die, so they press-on.

how to get uncomfortable

Getting uncomfortable is easy... We get faced with choices all the time. We choose the easy option all the time. The thing is, it's easy to choose to stay home and watch DVD's on a Friday night, but how does that make any sense when the other option is to spend time with great people? It's easy to stay in bed for an extra hour, but how will you ever get healthy if you don't go to gym? Wanna get uncomfortable? Start choosing differently in these small things - then start dreaming. 

Many of us have allowed life to fall into place around us instead of being actively involved in who/where/what/how we choose to be. Each of us has the power to control a lot of our own situation. I think we need to take the reins. I think we need to go back. Back to when we allowed ourselves to dream, when anything was possible. Start there, and get moving.  

So I promised you a solution - here it is... STOP wishing for more comfort, and start dreaming of living life that leaves something behind