Dealing with the Comfort Zone
“What if that happens?”, “What if I don’t make it?”, “Would my efforts be in vain?”, what would people think?” I struggle with these questions when I’m about doing something new, when I’m venturing into new territory, or when I’m about to do something to chase a dream. As the questions crawl through my mind, I begin to wonder what to do and I start to search for answers. If I don’t find an answer, I close up whatever it is that I am doing and go do things that bring me some level of certainty. There goes the dream. There goes that goal. Once in a while though, I do it either ways, when I think what I need to do is far more important/more impactful than the answers my mind seeks. If things eventually turn out fine, I start thinking, I need to do this more. I need to shut out that constant need for answers and certainty; i f they don’t, the voices in my head that seek certainty become stronger. Because ambition, especially lofty ones, push us to places we’ve...