Status Updates From Your Best Year Ever

First, comfort is overrated. It doesn't lead to happiness. It often leads to self-absorption and discontent. Second, discomfort is a catalyst for growth. It makes us yearn for something more. It forces us to change, stretch, and adapt. Third, discomfort signals progress. When you push yourself to grow, you will experience discomfort, but there's profit in the pain.

"We think that if we had every comfort available to us, we'd be happy. We equate comfort with happiness. And now we're so comfortable we're miserable. There's no struggle in our lives. No sense of adventure." That observation applies to all of life, especially our goals. When it comes to meaningful achievement, comfort equals boredom and low engagement.

But as journalist Carina Chocano says, "The point of regret is not to try to change the past, but to shed light on the present.”