Nothing new is happening inside your comfort zone.
Perhaps it is the reason why it is called the comfort zone.
The familiar. The unsurprisingly. The trustworthy.
Your common grounds to find something less uncommon.
We know what the result will be, once we fall back to the ordinary. No unexpected turns and twists.
However, we continue to lean towards this safety net even when we want to make some changes. Just crank up the volume a bit more and something may arise. “Keto harder” when Keto is what you firmly believe is the way to eat is not an uncommon phrase you find across online diet platforms.
I have spent a ridiculous amount of money on hospitals, clinics, and alternative ways to improve my health because it was the safest and most secure way to “change” whatever I felt was in need of an overhaul.
The medical world was my comfort zone. And I was adamant that this road was the road I must take. Because I was in no mood to head over to a fitness centre and get yelled at by a trainer/coach, telling me that I needed to get my act together.
The thought of spending money on pills, tests and treatments – I was somewhat okay with it. They knew what they were doing as it was an investment in my health and in a cool, calm, and collected way.
Not some jock who almost burst out of his shirt like the Hulk when asking me to “Gimme 10 push-ups!”
Temporary results through medications, prescribed by my masterminds of the medical world. And for many years, I enrolled on another test and another treatment trying to achieve…nothing.
I was actually sabotaging myself.
My own self-talk and avoiding the hard truth that change was on the agenda, yet I did not want to change. The commitment to trying something new was out of scope because it does not lead to massive changes or failure.
If I don’t do it, I cannot fail (I could not complete 10 push-ups the first time I tried it). And by not failing, I know I will have that good feeling about myself that I tried at least.
If you think failing is not an option, think again.
The danger of the comfort zone. I dared not commit to something I was afraid I could keep up with.
Successful changes come when stepping out of the comfort zone. A chat to get you challenged on your health cost nothing when you – like me – sulk like a child stating, “I know best”. It is never easy to accept failure when on slippery slopes, however, look at it from a point that when failure happens outside your comfort zone, it is merely one tick off your feedback box.
If talking with a coach is something out of your comfort zone, why not give it a try?
You will not fail.
Life always begins with one step outside of your comfort zone. | Shannon L. Alder
