It's amazing what six years teaches you...
Okay...so.
Six years ago, I was 14. I was in the very beginning stages of figuring out how The Real World actually works. And in all of that figuring out, there are multiple levels of discomfort. I don't really know what exactly I was referring to in this post in mentioning "feeling uncomfortable," but regardless I'm pretty sure everyone can relate to that loathing for discomfort.
THE THING IS: growing up is a huge mess of uncomfortable and weird. It just is. To avoid comfort is to refuse yourself growth.
You can't learn something new without messing up a couple times. You can't hone a skill without making a fool of yourself once or twice. The growth process just happens to work that way.
"Take chances, make mistakes, and get messy" Miz Frizzle always said...aaaand she wasn't wrong.
I can't tell you how many times I've heard stories of people who pushed themselves outside of their comfort zones and flew to Europe, or went skydiving, or wrote a book, or joined Toastmasters...pushed themselves and pushed through the uncomfortable and have amazing stories to tell about how amazing their process is/has been. And, consequently, how grateful they are that they've that they were even given the opportunity to push themselves.
Don't miss out on The Amazing just because you didn't want to feel uncomfortable.
