Read This If You Want To Make Your Life Easier
Read This If You Want To Make Your Life Easier
By chris danilo on Feb 21, 2020 05:00 am
Okay, sure. This is sort of a click-baity headline, but I couldn’t resist.
Yesterday was a challenging day for me.
I started out exhausted. I slept in until almost 8 AM, which is not something I do.
I then volunteered my time for nearly the whole day. And I was pretty uncomfortable doing it.
I was talking to people who did not want to talk to me back. Everyone I talked to the entire day was someone who I’d never met before. I also was doing work I’d never done before, which meant that I had to learn new tricks and be proficient quickly.
Being good at stuff comes with time. A new challenge helps you develop.
But then what?
Once you’re good at that new thing, you’ve finished developing. You’re no longer challenged. Being challenged further seems really hard–and it is.
But that’s the point.
Growing and developing means you’re constantly in a state of being uncomfortable.
So, forget the idea of being comfortable.
If you’re in shape, you’re constantly in a state of some kind of soreness.
It’s not that you’re not recovering, you’re just rotating through which muscle group or body parts are recovering and which ones are active.
So, here’s the punchline:
If you want to make your life easy, don’t.
If you have an easy life, it might be a sign that you aren’t developing!
2 Minute Action:
Let’s take 2 minutes to challenge ourselves today.
Make a phone call to a family member or colleague that you’ve been avoiding.
Ask your supervisor for a new kind of work, today.
Sign up for that “how to be a DJ” course you’ve been putting off.
The more you get out of your comfort zone, the more confident you’ll be.
The pain won’t go away, that’s the point, but you’ll be building a habit of going into the unknown and feeling confident going there.
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