Breaking out of that comfortable place is often required to reach a little further or higher than one things is possible. Comfort is nice, but it can be self-limiting. Some will be content though, happy to stay in a convenient and comfortable boundary...I am not such a person.
I liked your story about that admission thing. I was reading thinking, hmm, what will she do? And then...you didn't do anything at all as I expected! I can imagine what their faces were like. 😉