Comfort Will Ruin Your Life 

Hey everyone! Yes, all is well and I'm actually still alive. Whether you're an old subscriber or you've just stumbled upon the channel, you might have noticed it's been quite a while since the last upload. Roughly a year ago, I encountered some copyright issues, which made the channel temporarily inaccessible. Luckily it was all sorted out and the channel was made available again. But even with the issues resolved, I didn't create any new content for quite a while. To be completely honest, I fell out of the video creation routine and instead spent my time doing other things that I found compelling. Content creation was simply pushed to the side. I was still working on videos, but since other activities were taking most of my time, barely any progress was made on them. However, I'm now finally returning to revive this channel, starting with this video. I'm going to keep it on a smaller scale, so videos probably won't be uploaded as often as before, but I'm happy to announce that I'm back to making them regularly nonetheless. Finally, I want to thank each and every one of you for your continued support over the years. It means a lot. I hope you're all doing well in these turbulent times and are still trying to become better than yesterday :) BTY

“Short term pain but long term gain” beautifully stated

"If you never push yourself to the limit, how can you know where your limit is?" very smart and true words Thanks for showing up again!

"Life is pain. Anyone who tells you otherwise is selling you something." ~Dread Pirate Roberts

Comfort is so addictive for me. It's hard to even look back. I've been a hard worker since school till college and I went into depression during my college years just trying to be a good student academically. Now I've found a simple yet decent work. And I've been living happier than ever. A feeling I've not felt in a long time since childhood.

" trying something new makes you feel like an incompetent fool" I really felt that!.

I really like this phrase: “Your comfort zone is a beautiful place, but nothing ever grows there.”

golden line "There is no improvement without challenge"

1:16 When you're doing the same things, the same way, over and over, the comfort zone itself begins to shrink. The things that you were comfortable with before, are now less comfortable. 2:52 However, when we push ourselves and do something that is a little more difficult or challenging for us, we leave the comfort zone and we enter the growth zone. There's no improvement without challenge, remember that. 3:48 Of course the comfort zone isn't just one single zone for everything. We have multiple zones. You might be pushing yourself in some of them, stagnating in others and even deteriorating in some. It's up to each of us to identify which zone needs more work. And it's completely fine to stop progressing in some areas if you're happy with where you are. There's no need to push yourself at everything you do. 4:19 But if you're not happy with where you are, there are a few ways to go from comfort to growth. 1. Do it more consistently and do it more often. 2. Do it more intensely and do a harder version of what you normally do. 3. Do it for a longer period of time. 6:42 With that being said, if something is difficult, it doesn't automatically mean it's good. The area you want to be uncomfortable in, has to have some sort of a long-term benefit. So these types of areas are where you should actually push yourself, the ones with short-term pain, but long-term gain. And that is the second reason why I try to do something difficult every day. Even though it might feel uncomfortable in the moment, I know that my behavior will pay off in the future. And only by entering the growth zone and pushing myself, am I able to reap those positive long term benefits.

Welcome back, we have missed you.

There’s a fine balance between leaving the comfort zone and not inviting harmful levels of stress to enter your life. I have experienced the latter work-wise by pushing myself, which was counter productive in the long run

“There’s no improvement without challenge” I love that

I'm constantly learning new things, stretching myself. Sometimes it's frightening, but mainly it's a great deal of fun! This is where the Joy is, for me, at least.

As we say in Germany: "Wer rastet, der rostet". We grow through the _right amount_ of challenge!

I never thought that the comfort zone can also shrink but it makes sense and gives more motivation to leave it. Very useful video!

"Because they don't confront their fear, their fear becomes even bigger" WHOA! Love your infographic teaching style

Took me losing the comfort zone I built over 40 years to understand this. The real adventure started when I no longer had any comfort zones. Thank you for this. I love confirmations!

Welcome back, you don't give up, you face the challenges life thinks you worthy of.

After failing 3 times in a gym, because I was always in danger zone. I started walking. I love walking I can walk for 30 min daily & it's enjoyable. The key is to find the habits you really enjoy 😊

Great video. I might add that sometimes you’re simply stuck in the comfort zone because you can’t figure out the best actions to take to improve. Just grinding it out doesn’t always lead to better results if you’re not spending your time on the right things and it’s often useful to ask for help from a mentor or coach to get the results you want.

i remember when i found this channel while doing nofap, 2 years later i have become someone very different, i am able to communicate in 4 different languages now, my health and physique becomes better, and my social skill is way improved. I don't know what to say anymore man, thank you so much for the things you've taught me🤜🤛

The comfort zone shrinking is the reason why I left Europe to work in Middle Asia for a few years. I was noticing that I was increasingly afraid of the wide world, with its wars and plagues and catastrophes. I started to hide in my comfortable middle European country and was about to dig a trench around my comfort zone. Then I applied for a job 12 hours of flight away, moved there, found an apartment, friends, a new way to see the world. It was the best decision I made in the last decade, and it gave me back the world and the freedom to not hide in my safe tiny nest.

I try to stay away from as many people as I can, as often as I can and as far away as I can.

thank you for this informative video. i’ve been horrible mentally lately and have been trying to push myself too much which would lead me back to square one a week later. however, i realized everything you said is right and i’m going to change based on this video. thank you.

"... and you feel ready to improve again, you push past your comfort zone." rly needed to hear that. never thought about laying back and letting my comfort zone catch up before i improve again. i always thought i had to hold the plateau on where my first burst got me. i always knew i couldnt advance endlessly, but instead of taking one step back and two forward, accepting that i neednt push myself, i always tried to only walk forward, even if i didnt feel ready to improve yet.

This even applies to things like depression. Its like a big comfy chair that has my body's imprint on it perfectly, its dangerously comfortable and makes it very hard to getting out of it. Thankfully I got up from that chair a few years ago, but I am always staying alert and careful to not let myself sit down in that chair again, like if something bad happens to me, I MUST keep my head up and stay positive.

This is the most realistic motivational channel I knew that really applies in everyday life

Getting out of bed and off of my pijamas is very difficult for me most of the days but I push myself a title more everyday to do more than that. 🙏🏻

Happy to see you again and knowing that you're doing well!!! Welcome back 🎉🎉🎉

There is a sudden sense of happiness after seeing your video. Hope you're doing well 🙂

These essential things are not taught in school .thank you for this video

Thank you for this amazing life lesson. Surely a big habit that we all should incorporate in our daily lives.

Thank you for returning! I really enjoy your videos and I'm sure you know how much of a difference they make in the lives of so many people.

Easy choices = Hard life Hard choices = Easy life

This dude sums up something so simple yet so complex in about 14 minutes while some courses couldn't in weeks. Respect.

"Life’s easy when you live it the hard way... and hard if you try to live it the easy way" -Dave Kekich

"There's no improvement without challenge." "If you aren't able to commit to a small change, how can you expect to commit to a big one?" Such wise words right there... glad to see you're back again! I really enjoyed this video and can't wait for more future ones! :)

Fine line between this and putting too much stress on oneself. Nowadays a typical job is stressful, along with modern life in general. Don’t read too much into this and think you have to pull the rug out from under yourself.

So true. I stayed in my comfort zone when it came to typing. I just typed however I'd like it without paying attention to the correct hand position. One day, I realized that I needed to increase my typing speed as it is very important to improve the efficiency in my work. So I found a typing practice software online and followed it. It started with only a small set of characters and gradually grew to a larger set as you became adept. I can feel that my typing speed is improved after every practice, which provides me with sense of fulfillment and incentives to practice on the next day.

This is one of my favorite channels. I'm glad that you're pursuing the life you want, and doubly so that resuming this channel is part of that life. Carry on, Hoss!

Hello! I've been watching your videos for weeks since I stumbled upon the Dopamine Detox video. It's fascinating that you came back and uploaded a new one with a very timely message to me like you know what feel personally. I've been constantly burnt out and even get sick and then stay stuck in an unending cycle. I just realized recently that I have been pushing myself consistently at the danger zone each time I recover from being stuck. Now I am stuck once again because I feel so burnt out after trying too hard right away even when I was never used to it. It's like aiming for an A+ right away when I have always received C's all my life. I keep skipping the steps and attempt a huge leap that only makes me fall. I am trying my best to get back on track again and experience real growth this time. Because comfort zone is just a "temporary refuge but not permanent residence." Thank you for these videos! They have helped and inspired me a lot. Also, I have been physically sick lately and I really find difficulty getting back on track because my goals were ruined and was left with so much backlogs. It would be great if you also make a video about recovering your mental state after a frustrating season like this because I struggle a lot whenever this happens.

Wow, this video actually came to me the exact time i feel burnout. I realize now that i dont have to strive for everything to be better, i just need to choose which matter the most.

Love this. Your video really helped me today, immensely while in a severe struggle at the start of a year of work/ opportunity to develop my own new art style, after years of prep... but getting paralyzed, often wasting time on yet one more day of research, etc, before pushing myself in hands on work. Today, I was ready to prolong the agony yet again, wanting to sit down in the middle of cooking part of my food for the whole week, while having a bite to eat. But hearing this talk, I realized I wanted the cooking done & over, so I can bike/ swim at the lake today on a 91 degree day for exercise, & then do art all night. I am so thrilled for at least one step today in pushing myself. The cooking is done & over with no unnecessary break that threatened sabotage.

Welcome back Man, missed you a ton❤️ don't leave us again please💝

I'm glad this channel is active again. It's good to have a growth community such as Better Than Yesterday to inspire people worldwide to be better versions of themselves.

This is one of the best RU-vid videos I've ever watched. Taught me a lot. Thank you very much! Glad you are back!

I really appreciated this video! !! I reallly feel more fulfilment now: during the pandemic period I got uneployment and I felt desperate. I started study and setted small and long goals : learning play flaut, play croche, and knitting, and now I am studying French 20 min per day . I started work as English teacher, I'm Brazilian, and by pushing my self help to be more humble and comprehensive and help me struggle bad feelings!

Thank you so much 🙌❤️ Means a lot to me who literally degraded back from comfort zone cause I took too many leaps out of it and got burnt out to a point where i started questioning if i wanted to live through anymore! This video helped to look through what went wrong and yes small but regular changes are the key. Thank you so much 🙌

Started following your channel about 3 years back when I was still in college and when everything including my health and performance had nosedived . Then stumbled across your channel and it was really like attaining enlightenment , coz when still in school used to follow routines and habits hammered into me by my parents over the course of my life and it eventually became 2nd nature to me followed it subconsciously till 1st year of my college . Then when habits and routines changed everything went haywire . Thanks to your channel I quickly got back onto the right track and thanks for the numerous words of wisdom . Glad to see you back...!!!

I love my easy life and will continue to live it that way. Solitude is wonderful. You have a weird view but you do you.

Thank you so much. Just thinking about getting out of comfort zone gives me the chill of adventure and excitement. Please like this comment so that I get reminded. 😘❤️

I've experienced this in my studies , settling for average grades when I can achieve much more . I will try to challenge myself in the future. Getting out of the comfort zone is painful and bitter but so is staying in it for too long. And as the video states : there's no imporvement without challenge . So let's put an end to procrastination. 💯💯

I’m so glad to see you back!! Reflecting on my own journey and growth, it’s crazy how it’s been a year already! I hope I can continue improving through your videos :D

“Comfort” is the point of life in a sense. But due to not being aware; intelligent enough, (not necessarily having ability not to, possibly due to conditions too) we don’t act as efficient for maximum comfort*time as if it(general conditions- intelligence- awareness) was the other way.

This feels only applicable to people devoid of stress, physical exertion, and eating only particular favorite foods. Most people already outside the comfort zone by working, being employed, and or being outside the house.

I shattered my anckle in 2019 and I'm not going to pretend that the recovery wasn't brutal. After 12 months I was still in a lot of pain and I fell into a bad depression but after 18 months I made a decision that I had to improve my body, mind and soul. I started with 30 min in the a.m and now after 16 months, I walk 7 days a week, twice a day for a min of 45 min each time. This was a long and hard process but I couldn't be happier. I'm down 30 lbs and hope to drop a little more. Just started yoga recently to improve so I can't wait to see what that will do for my body. What has helped me stay on track in simply thinking that if I don't do it now, when will I? When it's already too late? I'm "disabled" but I refuse to surrender.

Welcome back. We have missed you. I used to listen to your videos on my walks back in quarantine 2020 to help keep my spirits up. Now, years later, I'm about to be a senior in high school and am still inspired by your videos. I hope you're doing well! Side note: I realized that I've been using the three methods mentioned at 6:00 too quickly. It affects my social skills even with close friends and my study habits for seminary and secular education. I had no idea what I might be doing wrong, so thank you for the insight!

Thanks brother for giving us hope from your videos, in this challenging life people usually give up because they think they are not capable of doing the things that are hard but there are always people like you, who always be the support for those who give up, so thank you for these videos and also may god bless you in all aspects of your life.

So good!! Thank you for explaining this so wonderfully. Love the idea of only pushing yourself in certain areas and then coming back to a place of comfort in others ☺️

It's good to see you back. It does not matter if you upload videos daily or weekly or once a month. But I should say, whenever I see your video, there is a good smile on my face. Your videos are really helping us to do better regularly. Learning so many things regularly due to your videos. Your channel is one of those which actually uploads good content. I can't say how valuable those videos are for me. Thank you for creating such videos

Nice to see you back again!

I've always had a hard time understanding the comfort zone. This video was the best explanation I ever heard. I'll be listening to this over again until I can fully understand it and apply it to my life. Thanks for the great information.

Thank you much for this video. I have lost alot of things because i couldn't.get.out of my comfort zone and keeps regretting it. But i have been improving myself alot and decided to get out of my comfort zone more. Just thinking about getting out of my comfort zone gives me the chill of adventure and excitement. Can you guys please like it so that I get the notification to come back 😘

Thank you. I really needed to hear this. Been feeling overwhelmed and depressed lately, and haven’t even been keeping up with my journal and daily tasks. That will be the hard thing that I do each night to make sure I stay on track. Your videos are very helpful

Man you are doing a great service to the humanity. I beg you to become consistent at what you are doing and keep helping us. Please do not give up like before! We are here for you!

Being in the comfort zone for more than 5 years now and it clearly has ruined me. Being a school topper to literally zero. Think I ve improved a bit in the past few months from being not even able to read words correctly... Pushing harder. Hope I'll return here after a year or two being the same old me whom I miss so much.

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for making this informative podcast. I'm an older man, and I'm semi-retired. I thought I'd really enjoy my "Golden Years," but I found myself in an increasingly growing rut. I have built such a comfortable world around myself that every day seems exactly like the all the rest. But this video has given me the desire to go a little bit more outside of my "Comfort Zone," especially socially. From now on, I'm going to try to do something that makes me a little nervous or unsure, for only through facing down your demons can you truly find freedom. Not only was your advice well-supported, but incredibly positive. Btw, I found a lot of responders on your channel who totally missed the entire point of what you're trying to say. You're not telling people to be an "overachiever," or anything of the kind!! Another genius equated your entire video with "hurting yourself by working out too hard." These individuals not only misinterpreted the entire purpose of your suggestions, but evidently have difficulty understanding the English language. Again, I truly appreciate all of the hard work you've obviously put into this presentation.

On the surface this advice is good, but as someone who’s been doing the hard thing for 8 years, (since I graduated High school basically) it has completely broken my spirit and energy. Despite trying my hardest I have failed, I am left with despair, zero hope, zero ambition, I just feel bulldozed Struggling for 8 years has left me feeling weaker than I ever have, burnt out, barely keeping above water My advice to anyone would be slow and steady, working and fighting for too long isn’t a sound strategy for longevity

Really happy to see you back bro, I was subscribed to your channel after you stopped creating videos. I was just there in a hope that you will soon upload a new video. Thanks you have changed a lot in my life. I'm working on one of the biggest goals of my life, it will be completed in 2-3 months. I will definitely let you know once it's done.

Your RU-vid channel is one of my favorites. Thanks for consistently creating high-quality content that's both entertaining and informative ❤️🙏

I really liked the fact that you covered the topic completely and not half based. I remember the times when I used to take on too much at the beginning and failing. For example, during the pandemic, I wanted to study a lot and get better a lot as well. Hence, I decided that I'll keep studying until I get there. Like, I didn't sleep at all, I didn't rest at all and kept studying all the time. This would go on for like 6 days and on the 7th day, I would have accidentally fallen asleep. Then after such a failure, I would spend 1-2 days simply crying and cursing myself for falling asleep. But, after all that crying, I would make another plan and try to complete it the same way again. This would keep going on for a long time. Plus, I also had that belief that we should keep giving ourselves pain, because that what usually occurs when we get out of our comfort zone. To do this, I would usually sit with thin clothes in winter, read extremely painful news of COVID-19 patients and about that of the injured ones of the war. I just believed that it's important to make mysgo through pain. Because somehow not experiencing those things would mean like I'm running away from reality or something. I don't do those things anymore. But, I still have that belief that if we are going to do something, then we better give it our all in doing it, which includes every single area of life, every day. I have a hard time just resting or doing something without putting my everything in it. Doing so, most of the time I end up with a burnout simply because of carrying day to day tasks. Then, I feel so exhausted and unfocused to do what I actually like and have fun doing later on. I didn't realise this pattern until I watched your video. Thank you for your efforts.

The most underatted motivational youtuber is back

He’s back!!!!! You’ve helped me so much with all your videos through some of the hardest times I’ve been thru, so thanks so much for all the help

Probably the most important video you will watch in your life! This is what parents should be teaching their kids!

Man, I really needed this this morning.

i am a music producer, and i tend to make the same type of beats every time, and im trying to vary in order for me to explore other styles and genres to improve my music career. thank you, this was very helpful to get me to go out of my comfort zone

We missed you dude

This video runs very deep. Though the examples are very simple to understand, it’s actually kind of mind blowing how this can apply to almost anything you can think of. I think this video really helps give a method of gauging where you’re at in any area in your life that needs more or less of your energy, and help strike a balance.

11:08 "success fuels further success" that helped me so much

Glad to see you back! A rolling stone gathers no moss!

this is the greatest comeback of youtube. thank you BTY to make me a little better than myself from a year back! :)

I suffered from agoraphobia a few years of my life. I had to push past comfort to the extent of severe anxiety attacks. The payoff was priceless. The battle I wouldn't wish on anyone.

Your words are just what I need. I don’t think I will ever be satisfied without this information. Thanks.

I just discovered your channel and I can only say this is a great idea! Great, educational content, simple explanations and great videos for those who want to be better than yesterday! Keep going!👏🏻

You are back great

I am an introvert who are struggling with social interaction and also lazy to do things because of depression. Thanks for this motivation. I agree, you cannot outgrow yourself unless you get out of your comfort zone. If you let yourself get out, you will experience new things that is actually help improve your life.

I’ve recently stepped out of my comfort zone making a yt channel and Ive been wanting to do it for so long so im really proud of myself. Taking action is the first step and just know that things will come with time. success isnt made over night. great video tho.

I love u man. So helpful, im going to start doing home gym for 20-30minuets a day then my goal will be to do this for 1hour in 2 months time, ill update yall if u want!

I'd love to hear more about your day to day life and what projects you've been working on personally.

Wooooooowwww I have never commented on anything in my life but this…. Brother, friend, I see the light in you shine in me brighter now because of your precise, well constructed, and powerful message. I am a creater that never truly believed in them selves because I’ve lived my whole life in the danger zone constantly pushing it past the limit where not even a great nights rest the perfect food the right amount of water and the perfect routine structured even down to the minute at times I never knew how much I was hurting myself because I never knew how to take a break I judged myself so harshly because I had impossible expectations so I never build it myself I was constantly riding in the danger zone and I just want to thank you for making this continent much love brother.

I love your videos. Thank you! You can tell you a few advantages of breaking an ankle from my experience: I'm a dancing teacher and would never have thought that I might be able to teach sitting. Now I have a new skill that will help me when I'm really old and still want to teach. I trained my ankles and they are now stronger than they where before. I also have a better balance. And I could relax from the great stress I was having and learned to accept that things also work without me. So, everything has a good side.

So glad to see your videos again. Genuinely, your videos are eye opening and taught me so many ideas and lessons that I learned from and taken with me through the past few years. You are definitely making me and all your viewers, better than yesterday.

Thanks for sharing this video! 😁 In my case, the most challenging thing is not to stay too long when I go back to my comfort zone. (For example, when I try to improve my nutrition) Sometimes I feel like I'm trapped there because I can't find the correct balance. However, that doesn't stop me from trying again... it's like playing in a lab, doing experiments with myself. 😁 Welcome back and THANKS again for all your work. 😊 Let's all have a great day! 🤗

I always listen to these kind of videos a few tines a month to push me out of my comfort zone. I'm always anxious of the unknown.

This idea is something I don't see talked about enough on RU-vid. Very good advice

I absolutely love your channel! Your videos are so inspiring, and motivational, you have unknowingly helped me ‘out of my shell’ countless times 😌 Thank you for everything that you do!!

Yesss!!! The 30 day social media detox was great! So glad you are back!

thanks for the inspiration. Now I am not afraid to push myself to the edge everyday even if I fail too many times.

Love, love this! I’m gonna have to rewatch this video over & over to make sure it sinks in my subconscious and sticks.

You are an incredible content creator. Don't give up! continue putting out this great content (unless its no longer what you love doing of course). At first, I'm not gonna lie, your accent and the drawing style videos made it hard to follow. But i quickly looked past that and saw the incredible content you always put out. You have made me a better person. I hope this encourages you and you are motivated to continue making this fantastic content. You are my favorite channel!