You don’t need to wait for the right moment, the right situation, or the right tools to take control of your life.

Whatever you need is already within you, and the most important time in your life is right now.

The magic happens outside your comfort zone.

What is that thing you’ve been putting off ?

To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.

 

We’ve been taught that being negative means being realistic, and being optimistic means being unrealistic.

We’ve been led to believe that you are “too old” or it is “too late” to follow your dreams, to change your ways.

We’ve been taught to associate the feeling of doubt with failure.

It’s time to bust these myths!

We need to know, and let it be known, that doubt is just a feeling that comes to us when we are about to step out of our comfort zone.

We are all familiar of the good old comfort zone—it’s the tiny little circle where we all feel safe.

But here’s the deal: When we stay in our comfort zone for too long, it begins to shrink.

We start to die—not a physical death, but a spiritual and emotional one.

We are so afraid to try something that creates feelings of doubt, for the fear of failure. As a result, we miss out on opportunities; we miss out on what could have been amazing, mind-blowing experiences; and eventually we start to live a life filled with what-ifs and regret.

Does this sound familiar?

Human nature is controlled by the ego, and sometimes at the expense of happiness.

The ego is a protective mechanism that tries to protect us from the unknown.

However, if we never venture, then we will never have any adventures, and we will never have lived.

I used to be afraid of situations where I had no control of the outcome.

I avoided these uncomfortable situations for this reason; what would happen if I couldn’t control the outcome?

One day I decided I had enough.

I stepped outside my comfort zone. I started to say “yes” even though I felt overwhelmed. I said “yes” without even knowing how I would bring myself to do what seemed to be a daunting task.

I tuned into my intuition to help me assess the situation and if I should or should not proceed to step out of my comfort zone.

 

My guide:

Think about the situation in question.

Turn your attention inwards—focus on your breath, stop doing what you were doing, and just breathe.

Imagine it playing out in your mind.

Does thinking about it give you a sense of expansion (yes) or contraction (no)?

Sense of expansion: Your chest opens up. You feel joy, excitement, and anticipation (positive).
Sense of contraction: Your body posture slumps. You feel anxious and fearful (negative).

You can make a solid decision by asking your intuition and tuning into what it wants.

“Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, they somehow already know what you truly want to become.”

So I tune in.

I have gained so many genuine and authentic experiences from stepping outside my comfort zone.

I am still no master of doing this, but we can all agree that now is the time for a shift.

Can you picture a life of living with what-ifs and regrets?

What if I had the courage to do this?

What if things could have turned out another way if only I tried?

I’m not sure about you, but I’m steering clear of that path.

I am going on the road less traveled.

As Robert Frost said, “I took the [road] less traveled by. And that has made all the difference.”

This is it.

There is no “later.”

There is no waiting for the perfect time and circumstances.

There is only “now.”

This is the only life we have.

This life is the only thing that is real.

The present is the only moment that we can be certain is guaranteed.

Everything happens in the now.

Let this be the sign you’ve been waiting for.

Let this be a sign for you to start living courageously.

It’s time to start creating your life as what you want it to be instead of creating it by default, living on autopilot, or being trapped by the everyday.

Do it.

Right now.

Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.

Let it begin now

J.