We all have high aspirations. However,
it can be hard to turn those dreams and goals into a reality. The
truth is many of us struggle to reach our goals. The reason
frequently involves our apprehension about step out of our comfort
zone.
It’s true that nothing ever happens in our comfort
zone. It’s the place that keeps us in the “someday” mode of
pushing our goals to the side until the time is right, for another
day or when you have more skills, money, and time.
Unfortunately, “someday” never
happens. Eventually the life you dreamed of becomes a memory, a
wish-I-would-have thought. Our fear of trying something different,
putting ourselves out there and going for it keeps us from taking
action. We let our comfort zone keep us safe.
Your comfort zone keeps you paralyzed
from attempting what you desire. You may have goals and dreams but
are afraid of the what-if’s that might happen when you do try.
Instead, it’s safer to stay where you’re comfortable instead of
getting hurt or humiliated by attempting your goal.
Maybe you’re afraid of speaking to a
large group of people so you don’t go after the next level in your
career, even though it is what you desire. You keep to yourself and
stay in your current position instead where you’re comfortable.
Maybe you don’t go after your desire
to start your own business because you’re afraid of failing. You
stay in a job that you hate instead. Maybe you don’t try new
adventures because you have an aversion to meeting new people and
looking foolish. So you stay at home in your comfort zone.
Some of the reasons you stay in your
comfort zone might be from
Fear of the unknown, uncertainty
Anxiety over change
Negative mindset, pessimistic outlook
Lack of clarity and focus
Fear of failing (or succeeding)
No matter what it looks like, your
comfort zone is keeping you trapped.
You stop advancing
professionally. You don’t grow and develop personally.
You eat the
same way, live in the same place, drive the same kind of car, and
associate with the same people.
Your comfort zone lets you willingly
passing up important opportunities. Because of this, you might lose
touch with your relationships, your health may begin to have serious
problems, and you end up living a life of mediocrity.
Your
unwillingness to take action and step out of your comfort zone for
whatever reason directly impacts your goals. If you are afraid to
take the next step, and never do, you’ll stay where you’re at. If
you worry what will happen if you go for you goal so you end up not
going for it, then you won’t ever reach it.
When you see yourself struggling to
achieve your goals it’s often because you are stuck in your comfort
zone. You are afraid of change, of doing things differently and being
someone different.
J.Amoros
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