“Nothing changes when you’re comfortable”
As humans we are creatures of habit. We thrive on stability and routine. We love to feel in “control”, it feels safe. For some, change can be terrifying. Many of us love change, but still we latch onto a feeling of stability within the change.
As cliché as it sounds, the comfort zone is a real place. Throughout our lives we have created this bubble of “known” and outside of that is the “unknown”. And so, although we can feel safe and secure inside our bubble, true growth happens when we stretch the boundaries. When we look at opportunities outside of the bubble and move towards them.
Ask yourself this, when was the last time you did anything that gave you pure butterflies, fear or excitement and you pushed ahead and did it anyway? THAT is stepping out of your comfort zone.
Fear and excitement originate from the hormone adrenaline and the thinnest line in the world is between them. While some people jump out of planes for a living, others can’t even stomach the thought, why? They both feel the same adrenaline, they just channel it differently.
Although the comfort zone is beautiful, nothing ever grows there. True life satisfaction comes from continuous growth. There you go. There is the secret. If you want to be happy become comfortable with being uncomfortable and who knows where you will be in six months, one year, five years, ten years.
