We humans are often referred to as ‘creatures of habit’. This term can simply be justified by looking into our daily routine, from having a same choice of breakfast at the start of the day to sticking to a schedule that we develop for ourselves over time. Whether consciously or not, many of us start living a monotonous routine in our life. Any change in this routine makes us feel disturbed or uneasy and thus making us unfavorable to deviations. This little space of ours, we refer to as our Comfort Zone. The places we visit, people we meet, work we do, things expected from us; everything becomes a part of this comfort zone.
Fear is the factor here that holds us into this comfort zone, the fear of making a fool out of oneself. We hesitate in visiting a place that we feel is above or beneath our strata and we might encounter people who are not like us. A mere thought of this makes us uncomfortable before even visiting the place, let alone actually going there.
Everyone is happy and satisfied working and developing in their own comfort zone, but if we wish for some exceptional and extraordinary results, then one has to step out of this zone. Imagine if Mahatma Gandhi would have thought that he was happy being a lawyer in South Africa and can adjust like others were doing, then he wouldn’t have fought for India’s freedom. Can’t say where India would have been without his contribution. Point here is that, no change ever comes on its own.
Every little progress a person makes is because he did something different from yesterday. Every successful business is because someone decided to leave the boundaries of comfort zone and to choose taking risk. Self-development happens when you choose something new and inspiring to affect you. Leaving the comfort zone is kind of challenging your own-self, it may be in a small way or a big way but it will surely make a difference.
We all can agree that there can be failure when you try something new, but doesn’t that add some spice in your life? A thrill and risk of something uncertain that will depend on how you handle it. Every effort that you make no matter what the outcome is, you learn something. We ought to keep doing something different every once in a while, because monotony is eventually dull, boring and stagnant. So, try escaping your comfort zone because that is the area where the magic happens.
