I'll never forget my first day of college. This is because it was the furthest I had ever stepped from being in my comfort zone. I had lived at home for 18 years, had the same friends and gone to the same school for a very long time. All of the sudden, all of that was changing and wasn't sure I would be able to handle it. While it was a very dramatic change, I quickly realized everything that I could gain from the situation. I could be a new person and I could live how I wanted (to an extent). Looking back, that was one of the greatest days of my life; I grew more on that day than I had ever grown before.
Being outside of your comfort zone is a good thing. When we become too relaxed with the way we live, we get lazy and start to lower standards for ourselves. If we get out of that comfort zone, we are constantly forced to adapt, change, and better ourselves. Sure, it's nice to have security and to know that there are things we can always rely on. But, it is also important to constantly challenge ourselves with something new and foreign as well.
Can you think of a time when stepping outside your comfort zone helped to improve your life in some way?
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Great topic! The funny thing about stepping outside your comfort zone is that it helps expand your comfort zone. As soon as you become comfortable with the new activity that was "outside" the zone, it becomes "inside" the zone. So, the more you push yourself into areas and activities that give you the pucker factor, the more at ease you are with varied situations. Oxymoronic, but true.
ReplyDeleteI have had to do this MANY times and find, in the end it is very worthwhile. It hasn't made each new opportunity easier to do, but there is some comfort in knowing that I will come out a better person on the other side.
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