I want to be careful not to write this off for people who find it inspiring and helpful, but it’s written from a very narrow cultural perspective.

I would personally characterize that perspective as a culture invested in prioritizing health, social trajectory, and professional accomplishment.

That’s obviously a lot of us here. But there a lot of communities and cultures who haven’t jumped on that train and don’t intend to.

> The comfort zone is a place where an individual uses a limited set of familiar behaviors to deliver familiar results. He is strictly focused on routines that are risk-free which stalls his progress in life.

Work in the family business, raise some kids to do the same, enjoy your holidays and your vices, take care of your elders and kids — is a lifestyle that huge swaths of the world find deeply satisfying.

And while there’s incredibly hard work in fixing a tractor or tending to a parent who’s declining, these are not outside the realm of “familiar behaviors producing familiar results”.

The comfort zone may not be for everyone, but can we acknowledge that it seems to work great for some?

Maybe the better thing to reflect on which lifestyle suits you, rather than thinking that one lifestyle is scientifically better and that you should pressure yourself to embrace it.