You Are Now Leaving Your Comfort Zone

When you decide to make a substantial change in your life - how does it make you feel? Does it excite you? Or do you feel unleashed - as if you've let go of what ties you to the familiar? We all react differently to change. But one thing is consistent for everyone: if you're living an unhealthy life and you want to be healthy, you absolutely, positively must make a change. And most, if not all of the time that change will require leaving your comfort zone.

Ahh, yes - the billowy safety of our own personal comfort zone. It seems like nothing bad could ever happen there. It's a nice place to be most of the time. However it's also a place where nothing remarkable ever really happens. You know when you're leaving your comfort zone. Fear forms in the pit of your stomach, maybe a little nausea and at times, full-on dread. You want to run back at lightning speed to your comfort zone where everything is safe and familiar. But wait. Think about this. Wouldn't life be pretty boring if you were totally comfortable and never had to face another challenge for as long as you live? Life certainly gets complicated and at those times you might even crave a little boredom. But think about how exhilarating it is when you really put your heart and soul into something and at last, you achieve it.

Leaving the comfort zone is tough for most of us. But the rewards for making positive changes far outweigh the risks. And your comfort zone will be there when you're finished. It may just be redecorated.