Positive Reflections: Getting Out Of My Comfort Zone
I must admit that I do have some apprehension about embarking on my Trans-Mongolia Adventure which involved a 24-day journey across 3 countries where English is not commonly spoken more or less on my own. In fact some of my friends and relatives advised me against doing for this trip. You would never know what will happen, they reasoned and who would look after your autistic son. However, I have done my own research and groundwork and found out it is generally safe provided that basic precautions are being adhered to .In addition, both me and my wife bought travel insurance in case of any eventualities. However, during this trip, I met a Korean girl who has her hand phone pick pocketed in Ulaan Bator and a Chinese tourist related an incident where her friend was pick pocketed when he arrived in Moscow at the train station. Even these incidents will not deter me from taking future trips.
So in life if we want to improve our present situation, we must be willing to get out of our comfort zone. If we keep on doing the same old things daily, we will keep on getting the same results. Therefore in order to progress further, we must be willing to do same things in new ways as well as do new things. When it comes to doing new things, it is normal to have some fears and there maybe some risks as well. However if we have done our research and groundwork, we should be able to take calculated risks. We have to decide when to listen to that little voice in your heart and take a leap of faith. We need to constantly challenge ourselves if we want to move forward.
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I actually did that when I did my backpacking adventure (with the LORD alone) to Europe, where a lot of times if my friends knew I was doing it they would have been pouring me tons of horror stories.
I would have re-write it here in Steemit but since it has been 2 years I will pretty much lay that to rest until I can get some time to actually sit down and write my once great adventure, 3 weeks across 7 cities (3 countries) by the train.
Life sometimes have to make that leap of faith.
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To get out of your comfort zone. Drop a imaginative grenade into your past and one into the path your life was leading towards today. This will be a first step of stepping out of that tangled spider web you call the comfort zone!
That is one hell of a suggestion. I am going to try it out. Have you done it before? What is the result?
The result it gives you that freedom to move on with the world. If you don`t move on with the world it will just move on without you. Leaving you to rot to inner core. I believe you sometimes got to let go of certain aspects of your past and present too. It is better to have 3 to 10 really close friends than 20,000 so-called friends or followers. A person has to keep reinventing themselves over time so you can change and adapt to new aspects of life. If people do not they become stale and boring. Throughout my life I see people become stale and out of touch with the greatness of life by living in the same place for too long or thinking about the past too much too.
What you should do is climb out of a building window. Then slide down and hold with your fingertips onto the window edge. Then countdown from 10 to zero, let go of the window edge and face your inner fears. But make sure the window drop is not higher than like 12 ft or you might hurt yourself. This is your 1st step of breaking out of that comfort zone. Doing something that other people are totally against. I never really listen to other people in to improve myself as a person. A lot of people do not like a person to be successful or better than them. They will just shoot a person down until their head is totally filled with doubt and then they become the new loser sat in the local park drinking cheap strong alcohol all day long.
Thank you for your very insightful comments. Yes, we should be stuck in the past otherwise we will rot. You have put forward very valid points. Thanks and have a great day.
Thank you for taking the time to read my comment and have a fantastic day too!
You are most welcome. I try to interact and engage with those who take the trouble to leave a comment.
Yes it`s always good to interact with people. For us humans we really drive on from communication from other people. You can always learn from yourself and others too!
Definitely, humans thrive on communication. At Steemit we can support each other as well as learn from one another. Can you check out my more recent post.
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Travel makes one grow, in more ways than one @positivesteem we adventured far and wide across Scandinavia, Europe and United Kingdom and learned so many cultures and ways that were different to mine.
Definitely @joanstewart, that is why I like to travel so much. We learn and grow through travelling. Following you now. Glad to connect with you.
Thanks for the nice post friend,how are you doing. Thanks for sharing.
I am doing fine. I am trying to do a post a day but it is quite a lot of work. Hope you are doing fine too.
I am also fine, not getting you, Happy steeming friend.
Here.. Is high time people become risk takers and leave there comfort zone to explore life.
We have only 1 life to live and we should strive to live it fully.