Importance of leaving your comfort zone

Hello friends, in this opportunity I want to refer to a topic that affects millions of people in the world, such as staying in our comfort zone.

What do we call a comfort zone?

The comfort zone has to do with a mental state that leads to a behavior of passivity before life, which is related to the comfort and security we feel when being in a place or situation, which offers us, in some way, a certain level of '' security ''. A comfort zone can be a job, a permanent activity, a relationship or friendship, a situation, a city, a country, etc.

The advantage of staying in a comfort zone is that there rarely need to make decisions that involve risks; we do not have to face significant dangers. There we feel the security that gives us the achievement of a routine that is comfortable, familiar, easy to carry, and in it "apparently", we feel comfort and comfort.

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When our comfort zone, in addition to tranquility and comfort, gives us the opportunity to grow as human beings, we can say that staying in it would not be a problem.

The problem is when we begin to feel the desire to leave that comfort zone, to change course, when our comfort zone does not give us satisfactions or possibilities to experience new experiences, when we feel trapped in a place or situation in which we do not want to be, and when the barrier that prevents change of situation is simply fear ... fear of the uncertain future, fear of losing something important in our lives, fear of failure.

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Certainly, it is not easy for some people to leave their comfort zone. Even more, there are thousands of people in the world who have been trapped for years in a job that displeases them, in a relationship that makes them unhappy, in a place where they do not want to be, without knowing for what reason or motive. The only thing they know is that they would like to live another very different reality and they do not know how to do it.

The first thing is to take measures to face the fear of leaving our comfort zone, when it is no longer a pleasant or stimulating area; When it leads to apathy, unhappiness or depression and recognize that, although we can get to feel fear or anxiety about the uncertain future that some decisions generate, it is worth taking a step forward and fighting for our dreams.

Some recommendations to be successful when deciding to leave your comfort zone in the first place to control our catastrophic thoughts about what may happen in the future. That is, think rather about all the advantages that can give us the decision to change our lives. For example, we can gain more confidence in ourselves, we will live new experiences and meet new people, we can find new opportunities for work and rewarding experiences, and test in other scenarios our knowledge, skills and skills acquired so far.

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It will also be positive to think that, regardless of what happens in another place or situation, there will always be new opportunities to continue opening the way, increasingly better equipped and willing.

For this, it would be very useful to prepare the route to leave our comfort zone, to another place or new situation to which we wish to go. Making friends, contacts and diligences that can facilitate our process of transition to another state, can give us the peace of mind and confidence that things will go well.

Finally, it will be useful to recognize that, even if we fear the future that is always uncertain, many do it daily and that with courage and faith in God and in ourselves we can achieve goals that we could never have imagined if we remain motionless in our comfort zone .

Someone said that the comfort zone in the perfect justification for "'not doing' ',' 'not risking' ', for' 'not living' '.

On the contrary, our true essence as human beings, is to be happy and achieve our dreams. I would say it is our most sacred duty.