it's really important to stretch oneself when I say stretch oneself am I talking about who stretch like that no I'm not um that's important too it's really good to stretch physically but I'm talking about mentally stretching oneself it's so easy to get caught up in the things we normally say yes and no to it's easy to hang on to our standard belief systems you know the things we always say and do and the because we've always done it that ways but the reality is until we Branch out and just stretch oursel just a little bit stretch our thinking we don't know what's possible if we always stick with what we know and we don't stretch ourselves then we're very likely going to end up where we we've always ended up we're never going to grow outside of our comfort zones because we stay nicely boxed up in the blanket tight inside them and we won't ever be the best version of ourselves because we don't even know what that best version can be but the best version isn't staying comfortable it's growing it's becoming a better person it's learning new things trying new things applying new things and you don't do that sitting in your comfort zone you do that by stretching Yourself by opening up your mind to see what's possible by questioning the things you do can I do more is there something more interesting than that what else could I be trying am I challenging myself enough those are the types of questions that get you out of your comfort zone they get you stretching your mind thinking bigger thinking broader thinking even more positively right like how could I do this even better what could I get out of this that I'm not seeing yet how grateful can I be for this even though it feels hard and tough right the more we challenge ourselves to think bigger to think more positively to live more in gratitude and to stretch our minds well generally speaking the more you grow and the happier you are sitting in your comfort zone may feel nice and tidy but but cozy not tidy tidy is a weird word may feel nice and cozy but it doesn't actually let you be F your potential and feel fulfilled it just lets you feel okay and so I don't want to feel okay in my life I want to stretch myself I want to grow I want to be the best version of myself I can be and that means I have to grow every single day to be the next best version of myself and the only way to do that is to stretch myself my mind on a regular basis every day so stretch yourself grow and enjoy the benefits