Stepping Out of the Comfort Zone: A Journey of Self-Discovery

The old me?

• Didn’t know what I liked

• Didn’t know what I wanted to do

• Didn’t know who I was

• And didn’t know why I existed either

Life kept moving on, time waited for no one.

One day, I realized I was too bored with my current life—it was too peaceful, too quiet. There was nothing exciting anymore.

I wondered, if one day, some incident took away this peace, what would I do when I still didn’t have the answers to those questions?

I grabbed a piece of paper and wrote down all the resources a “proletariat” like me had.

The answer to what I had the most was time and youth.

What does that mean?

• It means I don’t have much to lose

• It means I still have the right to fix things if I fail

• It means I still have a chance to start over

So, how do I know what I like, what I want?

Try it!

Step out of that darn peaceful, tranquil comfort zone to try everything you want to try.

You have to try, to experience, to throw yourself into it to know whether you like it, whether it suits you, whether it’s useful.

Can you figure it all out just by sitting there and thinking?

• Always closing myself off in crowds, unable to communicate—I went to learn skills in teaching methods and public speaking.

• Afraid of the breathless feeling when working out—I went to learn to swim and immerse myself in the water.

• The child within me was wounded and lacked affection—I went to study psychology and learned how to love myself more.

• ...

And the Autumn of today is better than the girl of the past because I dared to step out of my comfort zone to become better.

I also discovered something interesting: once you dare to step out of your comfort zone the first time, the second, third, and so on become much easier. It’s like a domino effect.

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”

So, what’s the comfort zone you’ve always wanted to step out of but haven’t dared to?

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