There’re different levels of comfort, right?
There’s cozy robe comfortable on a cold morning while sipping something hot.
There’s hard-earned financial comfort.
There’s the comfort of confidence. We feel good in our bodies and feel secure with who we are in the world. We protect our personal boundaries, make decisions decisively, and stride with confidence into any room.
But I’m not talking about the comfort of a cozy robe or that of self-confidence.
I’m talking about another type of comfort. The sneaky kind of comfort. The one that’s oh, so, predictable. The one that just might keep you in the bathrobe all day surrounded by a stack of magazines while watching a Netflix/Hallmark/BET program.
“And I have to say, there’s something about retirement or semi-retirement that’s ripe for this type of comfort. If we’re not very careful, our life routine can get pretty stale, pretty predictable, pretty comfortable”
Have you ever had this feeling in the evening? It’s bedtime. You’ve got your little satin cap on to protect the curls. Your low dose 81’s and your glass of water sit on the bedside table. You pull back the blankets and climb in. When suddenly you have a fleeting thought that you just made the bed up? And that everything in between your waking up and you’re laying down, you’ve done the day before and if you’re not careful, you’ll do the day after?
If (like me) you’ve had that feeling, then it just might be your days are starting to feel shockingly predictable. When you find yourself in this situation, comfortable has gotten uncomfortable.
As Jesse Jackson said, “it’s time for a change!”
Changing from comfort to captivating doesn’t have to be dramatic or hard (unless you want it to be.)
You don’t have to zipline across the Grand Canyon, plunge your body into an icy stream, or cut all your hair off and tattoo your scalp. Unless, like I said before, you want to.
I was thinking more along the line of changing your exercise route or adding a balance class at the Y. Getting a few women together and taking a day trip, rebooting your passion for painting, or taking a cooking class. Or getting waist-length, gray box braids installed.
But that may be my list, not yours. Make it all about you, not some list that tells you what to do. You know what brings you joy, what gets you feeling good. Do more of that thing and less comfortable.
So, what’s going to be new in your life? What are you going to add? Share with us. We’d love to know.
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