life begins at the end of your comfort zone

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Life begins at the end of your comfort zone

(By Rounakshi Dey ) 

Image By:- Sukriti Singh


“You never change your life until you step out of your comfort zone; change begins at the end of your comfort zone.” by Roy T. Bennett. A comfort zone is a psychological state in which things feel familiar to a person and they are at ease, and (perceive they are) in control of their environment, experiencing low levels of anxiety and stress. The comfort zone allows us to stay within our limits. Comfort zone, though we love staying there, it prevents our growth. It does not allow us to overcome our fears and see a new side of ourselves. It does not allow us to take new challenges. Our life gets stagnated. We lack the thrill. It just takes some courage and willpower to break the shackles of our comfort zone and step out into uncertainty. We will stumble in the beginning, we will be uncomfortable, and we will want to go back to our comfort zone. But with a little more will power, we need to proceed forward. In the end, we will definitely see that we have overcome the impossible challenges and have created lifelong memories for ourselves. We are ready to face any challenge the world throws at us. We begin to enjoy our lives gradually. Life is at its best outside the comfort zone.

What happens as we step out of our comfort zone?

  • We grow more confident. With each hurdle we overcome, we grow confident in our abilities. We keep on challenging ourselves with new hurdles every single day. We grow fearless. We take new risks and we emerge victorious at the end. People who are under-confident, should gather some courage and step out of their comfort zone. It will definitely help them to be more confident.

  • We see a new side of ourselves. We often do not know some unique traits of our personalities. I never knew I could write before I started interning as a Content Writer. As we venture new sides, new roles, we come to know more about ourselves. We see a certain side of our personality which we never knew existed in the first place. We should always step out of our comfort zone. It will help us in our personal growth. We will have new extra-curricular that we can pursue professionally too. A person may not know how good he sings until he steps out of his comfort zone and begins to sing. We need to decide to step out of the cocoon and take up the challenges. Only when we step out of the cocoon, we are ready to explore this world as a beautiful butterfly.

  • We grow fearless. What are we afraid the most? What are we insecure about? We are afraid of our weaknesses. We do not wish that the world sees us at our lowest. But as we step out of the comfort zone and take up new challenges we become fearless. We are not afraid to work upon our weaknesses. We are not afraid to accept our limitations. Once we are fearless, the world does not dare to laugh at us. We appear as a different person in front of the world, as we become more courageous.

  • It improves our overall performance. As we stick to the zone, we love, our performance does not seem to improve as we do not learn new skills. But, as we step out, we learn new things, we continually challenge ourselves and hence our overall performance improves. Previously we used to avoid the tasks which we were not comfortable about. But now, the tables have turned. We keenly take up new challenges and we have a distinct changes in our performance.

  • It is not as difficult as we expect it to be. Stepping out of the comfort zone is often seen as a dreaded activity. We think that if we do not perform up to the mark, we will be laughed at. But No. We will be appreciated for our efforts. It won’t be as difficult as it seems to be. We just need the courage and the will power to try it out once. After our first try, we will definitely love to try it out once more.

  • We will motivate others. We will be a source of inspiration. Almost everyone is afraid to step out of their comfort zone and fail. Everyone wants inspiration, someone to look upon. If we break our comfort zone, we will inspire and help others to do the same. We will be a source of motivation for all who are trying to gain the confidence to break the shackles.

  • We will be proud of ourselves. As we reach new milestones we will have a feeling of inner peace. We will have lesser regrets as we grow old. We will fall in love with our lives as we progress each passing day. Stepping out of our comfort zone allows us to see ourselves in new lights. We begin to embrace our scars and grow more confident. Above all, we will be happy we did not waste our life in our comfort zone.

As we age, we spend our time thinking about our life as it has passed. When we spend our entire life in our comfort zone, we have regrets in our hearts. We wish we had done this or said this to someone or had taken a risk or had shown a bit more courage. We wish for another chance to move out of our comfort zone. Our life is precious. We should never die with a heart full of regrets. We should always seize the opportunity to break the barriers of the comfort zone and live our lives to the fullest. It will good to be in uncomfortable situations as they teach us valuable lessons. So, a word of advice from the author, live life like a butterfly, free and merry and not in a cocoon, same and suffocating. Unbury your dreams and face the resistance, create a history for yourself.




Disclaimer:-

The opinions expressed in this article are the personal opinions of the author. The facts and opinions appearing in the article do not reflect the views of Light de Literacy and LDL does not assume any responsibility or liability for the same.


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