Awareness
Life begins exactly where the comfort zone ends! To get out of it, you need to understand that you have been there for too long, as if stuck in this state. Until we ourselves recognize this fact, we will not be able to move anywhere. The important thing is to accept this - I'm in my comfort zone! I don't develop and try new things because I'm afraid! I don't change jobs because I'm afraid. I don't leave a relationship because it's my comfort zone, etc.
There must be both a desire and an understanding that you just need to get out of this situation - My life is in my hands. I created this zone and I can leave it! I am the master of my life!
The comfort zone in psychology covers absolutely all spheres of life. It can be relationships that do not suit us, business, unnecessary and hated work, home, city, country, living conditions, development. All this is in our familiar zone and may not suit you for a long time, however, fearing changes, we sit and do nothing in order to change something in our lives.
What to do?
If a person is afraid of something, then he must certainly do it, this is the opinion of many psychologists. Having defined what a comfort zone is, and once expanding it, we must develop the habit and ability to correctly get out of it in any situation.
And for this you need to overcome the fear of something new.
There are special exercises for these purposes:
- You need to start with a change in the usual little things. For example, change the schedule of the day, take a different route, shop in a new store, purchase unusual products.
-Meeting a new person is a great way out of a comfortable state.
-Then you can learn something that you didn’t know how to do before. Embroider, knit, cook a new dish, play the guitar, learn a new language, etc.
-Watch a movie or read a book in a genre uncharacteristic for you.
-To go on an unplanned trip, everything should be impromptu, without any prior preparations. You will get a lot of new impressions and expand your comfort zone.
-Visit a new place. For example, a new restaurant with unusual cuisine for you.
- Put on new things that you would not dare to wear before. It can be non-standard styles, colors.
-Then you can move on and rearrange the furniture. Refresh your room with a new interior.
-And, finally, come up with your simulators - situations.
What else?
In psychology, the name of Brian Tracy is widely known. He is considered the world's expert in success. He developed his own system for achieving it, and did it at the age of twenty-five. Since then, Tracy has written many books on psychology. He continues to work and now, conducts trainings and consultations.
The comfort zone is one of the topics he worked on. His book Get Out of Your Comfort Zone is all about this topic.
In it, he talks about twenty-one ways to increase personal effectiveness. Certainly, his work deserves attention. I recommend reading.
Speaking about the comfort zone, we mean not those external circumstances that are convenient for a person, but internal life boundaries, existing in which people feel safe. Sofa, massage, coffee give a feeling of comfort for one person, and the other, not used to it, can be taken out of the peace zone. All this is foreign to him.
Comfort is not always helpful. People tend to get bogged down in unnecessary circumstances and relationships, but they, out of habit, feel quite comfortable and do not risk changing anything in their lives, fearing that these changes will not lead to anything good. Which can only get worse.
Outside the comfort zone is a zone of risk, possible trials and dangers. Not everyone is obviously ready to give up their usual comfort and get into unpleasant conditions. However, only in this way can a person develop. He definitely needs to periodically leave the comfort zone, he just needs to learn how to do it right without harming himself.
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