I actually like getting out of my comfort zone. It shakes me up.
Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties.
We really only have two choices. Play it safe, or take a chance. For me, pulling back because of fear has always made me feel worse.
Eventually, all mentor-disciple relationships are meant to pull apart, usually sometime in the mid-30s. Those who hang on, eventually the mentor drops the disciple, and that's no fun.
Ah, mastery... what a profoundly satisfying feeling when one finally gets on top of a new set of skills... and then sees the light under the new door those skills can open, even as another door is closing.
