As a writer, I often hear my fellow writers talk about getting 'out of their comfort zone' in order to write a better book. The idea is that if you're blocked or unhappy or not as successful as you thought you would be, you need to step out of the stuff you're used to doing and do something else, preferably something that challenges your norm, that 'scares' you and makes you uncomfortable and in that new zone [the uncomfortable one] you will find what you've been lacking.
It sounds great.
I just realized the reason I've never been able to get 'out of my comfort zone' is because I don't have a comfort zone. I'm never comfortable. I'm always sort of flying blind - when it comes to writing or anything. I'm not comfortable. I'm by definition, a nervous, worrier. I'm self-conscious. I over think things. I'm too empathetic and often more concerned with what others want, will think, will need, will perceive. So...I decided what I'd like to try is to get INTO a comfort zone for a change. I'd like to be somewhere where I feel confident and secure and where I know the score and all the rules and how to play and what my next move should be.
That sounds great to me.
So in adding to my impressive list of what I want for 2016 - the Year of Good Health - I'm adding a comfort zone to my list of wants. It's not that I don't want to challenge myself, I'm just tired of believing that the only way I can achieve or accomplish something great is to feel bad while I'm doing it.
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