{"id":68079,"date":"2026-11-11T06:46:17","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T19:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=68079"},"modified":"2026-11-11T06:46:17","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T19:46:17","slug":"comfort-kills-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=68079","title":{"rendered":"Comfort Kills Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-68080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Comfort_Kills_Growth.jpg\" alt=\"Comfort Kills Growth\" width=\"526\" height=\"693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Comfort_Kills_Growth.jpg 526w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Comfort_Kills_Growth-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I see truth in this. Growth can be uncomfortable, even painful at times. The time taken to acquire new skills and the mistakes made in doing so can be invalidating. Recognising that growth comes with a price tag and that you have to be prepared to pay the price to enjoy the fruits of your labours can help you get there. And doing something that is on your purpose line is helpful to the cause as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I see truth in this. Growth can be uncomfortable, even painful at times. The time taken to acquire new skills and the mistakes made in doing so can be invalidating. Recognising that growth comes with a price tag and that you have to be prepared to pay the price to enjoy the fruits of your &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=68079\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Comfort Kills Growth&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,8,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips","category-inspiration","category-wealth-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68079"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68081,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68079\/revisions\/68081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}