3 reasons why you need to step out of your comfort zone

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

The moment you realize that everything has worked out and life has succeeded, it turns out that such a diligently built comfort zone is fraught with tremendous danger.

There is an old and very correct saying: "A fish seeks where it is deeper, and a man - where it is better." And this is absolutely correct and natural. Each person strives to make his life as comfortable and pleasant as possible. Larger living space, faster car, softer bed, more powerful computer. It would be utter idiocy to refuse these benefits of civilization.

It would seem, well, what's wrong with a calm, comfortable existence? You feel relaxed, there are no risks in your life, you are happy with the way things are going and you do not feel any need to change anything. Maybe you don't feel incredibly happy, or 100% satisfied, but at least you feel comfortable right?

No.

Your comfort zone is almost always a product of self-deception. You tell yourself that there is no better alternative to your current position, that you have spent too much effort to build it, that it is already too difficult to change anything in life. You stop at one, albeit rather convenient, place and with your own hands nullify all the magnificent prospects of your life. The comfort zone turns for you into the final point of your journey. Why is this happening?

You become soft

What happens to a person who is immersed in a warm water bath for a while? He relaxes, goes limp. And if such a stay is stretched for quite a long time? That's right, it degrades. His muscles lose their tone and very soon he will not only be able to run, but even just stand still.

But this applies not only to the body. The same thing happens with our brains.

The lack of the need to solve complex problems leads to dilution in the head and a loss of clarity of thinking, the ability to learn and make decisions.

You become a vegetable that moves along the same trajectory every day and performs the same tasks every day.

Meanwhile, remember what period of your life was the most fruitful and creative for you? I am sure that these were not the most well-fed and comfortable times. Some will remember student sleepless nights, others life-threatening travels and situations, others - the crisis periods of their lives, when everything had to start over.

You give up life goals

Everyone, okay, almost everyone, a person has somewhere deep in the subcortex that very cherished goal of his life. Yes, something from the "see Paris and die" series. The most interesting thing is that very often these goals are not so transcendental and unattainable. But something always gets in our way.

We postpone our goal further and further, and as the comfort zone around you grows, it becomes almost unattainable. After all, it is so difficult, even for a while, to get out of a warm bath and go out into the street.

You may never recognize yourself

There is an opinion, and it is fully justified, that only in difficulties is the true face of a person revealed. You can live your whole life in greenhouse conditions and never know what you are really capable of. Can you really be bold and resourceful? Can you really show patience and perseverance, or does it just seem to you?

It's time to get out of your comfort zone and understand, at least for yourself, what kind of person you really are and where the limit of your capabilities lies. I assure you that the result will surely surprise you.

Sooner or later, the comfort zone for any person turns into a factor that inhibits his development and deprives life of the acuity of sensations. Think back to the most interesting moments in your life. Surely most of them are associated with precisely those moments when you did something unusual, extreme, beyond the usual routine. Getting out of their comfort zone.

So why not do it again?