Gratitude Lives in the Comfort Zone

Gratitude has its uses.

It helps us take stock of what’s awesome, gives us a sense of peace in the moment and allows us to truly enjoy our lives.

But it can also be a bit of a tranquilizer.

Take me, for example.

For years, I had a great job, no debt and called San Francisco home.

I was respected by colleagues, peers and bosses.?

I had nothing to complain about.

But I hated my day-to-day.?

I practically had to push myself into work.

I knew the Sunday Scaries well and dreaded 9-5.

There was a guttural feeling that I knew I was made for more, that I could do more, that there were bigger ripples in me than my life was currently creating.

I was treading in lukewarm water looking around and wondering, “Is this it?”

I kept shaming myself to feel grateful.

Why can’t I feel grateful!?

What’s wrong with me?

Anybody would want this!

Then I went through a divorce, a very hard rock bottom, that shook me out of my sleepwalk.

I’d been at a 5/10 and sunk to a 0/10, but now I had my eye on 10/10.

I knew I was here for a reason and a purpose.

And that things had to change.?

And that’s the flipside of gratitude, that the opposite can be really change-inducing.

Looking around and saying, “This is bullshit! This isn’t what I want!” can be highly motivating.

When you have nothing to lose, you often make your boldest moves.

You’re so fed up, you swim like hell out of the lukewarm status quo, no longer trying to convince yourself to just shut up and be grateful.

Am I saying don’t be grateful?

Not at all. Take stock and smile when you look around at your life.

Am I saying hitting rock bottom is the best way to change?

Not at all. That’s simply an extreme example.

What I am saying is if you’re getting too comfortable, too middle of the road, you might need to find some polarity to snap you out of it so that it doesn’t become a rut.

Watch that you don’t just accept things the way they are because you feel bad that you’re not happy.

Watch that you don’t should yourself with gratitude.

If you want to quit your job even when the salary is good, the people are great and the commute is short, it doesn’t make you ungrateful, selfish or entitled.

It means your eyes are open to what you’re truly here for.

And if you're not seeing it, don’t get stuck in a comfortable spot.

Go get it.

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