Risk vs. Reward

Attended M's bday dinner Sat night at a wine cellar in the middle of nowhere. It was quite a blast. We started with champagne and casual acquaintance, followed by a seasonal meal and fine wine, and ended with sweets and warm laughter. It is always fun to hang out with a small intimate group of people with similar background and experience.... and so happen most are some kind of 2nd or 3rd degree friends or in the same school way in the past...well..it is a small world indeed, especially in the world of finance.

Coming back from the dinner I've got to wonder, am I really that risk-intolerant?

Looking at the people surrounding me, some flew from one end of the earth to another in seek of better education when they were still in mid teens, some hopped from one job to another almost every year, some left their high-flying career to pursue their low-paying dreams..I didn't seem to have taken that many risks throughout my entire life, went to a college which was only 30min away from home, sticked with the same company ever since I got out of school. The only drastic move was switching from arch to finance.

Am I taking too little risk in expense of greater reward? Should I step out of my comfort zone and embrace the challenges? Probably because I lack the ambition and confidence as driving force..I just want to chill...