“You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.” (Wayne Gretzky). Coming out of your comfort zone is hard. We tend to miss out on things for the sake of not leaving it, because we’re afraid to fail or even afraid to try. It’s much easier to stay as another head in the crowd than to step up and make yourself noticed, or to stick to your daily activities rather than trying something new. One’s comfort zone consists of different activities, people, and maybe even places that are close and familiar to you. Nobody feels comfortable in the unknown, it is only once we spend time there that we can get to know it, as everything that makes up your comfort zone was once part of the unknown.
Everybody loves their comfort zone. According to Sean Covey this is because our comfort zone “is risk free. It’s easy. It doesn’t cause you to stretch.” We go at our own pace, do what we want, and be with whoever we want. We are assured not to be put in situations that will make us uncomfortable in any sense, and that gives you confidence, it lets you keep your guard down, and you can relax. However, we cannot be the best version of ourselves while in our comfort zone, as we are always, well, comfortable. We are never challenged, and don’t have the opportunity to rise up to challenges and face adversity.
Take newborn babies as an example. Everyone’s first comfort zone was their mother’s womb. When babies come out of there they start crying, not to mention that it takes a lot of effort to do so; they are scared of the unfamiliar world that they are now a part of. A baby wouldn’t mind staying there forever, they’re comfortable where they are, and have no rush to leave. However, for them to live life they must come out of there, just as for us to really make the best of ourselves we must come out of our comfort zones and try something new, face our fears, meet new people, or go to unfamiliar places, because as Neale Donald Walsch said, “life begins at the end of your comfort zone,” and in this case that is a literal statement.
Just like babies, I am a person that loves my comfort zone, and it takes effort for me to come out of there. Last year, I was offered the chance to go all of January to London for an english program. Some of my friends were going, so I wouldn’t be going alone, but for some reason I turned it down. I think it wasn’t only because I felt I would be missing out on half the summer vacation, but also because I didn’t want to go to this new place, with many people I didn’t know. Of course I knew that I would have a great time there, but for some reason I turned it down. My comfort zone was here, not in London, and I didn’t want to leave it at the moment.
As shown above, our comfort zone is a special place. It is different for everyone, and some like being there more than others. It’s important to have a comfort zone, should it be a place, group of people, or activity, or a combination of these, which serves as a ‘safe spot’ for us, and gives us confidence to, in the end, come out of there. However, it’s also important to start creating new comfort zones, or that place, group of people or activity, starts becoming a prison for us, and the only way to prevent that is to venture into the unknown.
“You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.” (Wayne Gretzky). Coming out of your comfort zone is hard. We tend to miss out on things for the sake of not leaving it, because we’re afraid to fail or even afraid to try. It’s much easier to stay as another head in the crowd than to step up and make yourself noticed, or to stick to your daily activities rather than trying something new. One’s comfort zone consists of different activities, people, and maybe even places that are close and familiar to you. Nobody feels comfortable in the unknown, it is only once we spend time there that we can get to know it, as everything that makes up your comfort zone was once part of the unknown.
Everybody loves their comfort zone. According to Sean Covey this is because our comfort zone “is risk free. It’s easy. It doesn’t cause you to stretch.” We go at our own pace, do what we want, and be with whoever we want. We are assured not to be put in situations that will make us uncomfortable in any sense, and that gives you confidence, it lets you keep your guard down, and you can relax. However, we cannot be the best version of ourselves while in our comfort zone, as we are always, well, comfortable. We are never challenged, and don’t have the opportunity to rise up to challenges and face adversity.
Take newborn babies as an example. Everyone’s first comfort zone was their mother’s womb. When babies come out of there they start crying, not to mention that it takes a lot of effort to do so; they are scared of the unfamiliar world that they are now a part of. A baby wouldn’t mind staying there forever, they’re comfortable where they are, and have no rush to leave. However, for them to live life they must come out of there, just as for us to really make the best of ourselves we must come out of our comfort zones and try something new, face our fears, meet new people, or go to unfamiliar places, because as Neale Donald Walsch said, “life begins at the end of your comfort zone,” and in this case that is a literal statement.
Just like babies, I am a person that loves my comfort zone, and it takes effort for me to come out of there. Last year, I was offered the chance to go all of January to London for an english program. Some of my friends were going, so I wouldn’t be going alone, but for some reason I turned it down. I think it wasn’t only because I felt I would be missing out on half the summer vacation, but also because I didn’t want to go to this new place, with many people I didn’t know. Of course I knew that I would have a great time there, but for some reason I turned it down. My comfort zone was here, not in London, and I didn’t want to leave it at the moment.
As shown above, our comfort zone is a special place. It is different for everyone, and some like being there more than others. It’s important to have a comfort zone, should it be a place, group of people, or activity, or a combination of these, which serves as a ‘safe spot’ for us, and gives us confidence to, in the end, come out of there. However, it’s also important to start creating new comfort zones, or that place, group of people or activity, starts becoming a prison for us, and the only way to prevent that is to venture into the unknown.