Sunday, July 10, 2011

Are You Uncomfortable?

When is the last time you got uncomfortable?  I don't mean sleeping on a hard sofa uncomfortable.  I mean stepping out of your safety comfort zone uncomfortable.

When is the last time you challenged yourself?  Went beyond your limits?  Took a risk?

For the majority of us, I would imagine that answer to range from "quite a while to almost never". 

Getting uncomfortable, whether it be physical or mental is a scary thing.  It's difficult to challenge ourselves when living every day in the status quo provides comfort and safety.  But what happens when we wake up one day and realize the status quo just isn't working for us anymore.  What if we realize our life is worthy of so much more?

If you're experiencing these feelings, then it's time to get uncomfortable!

We all have our definitions of what this means.  Signing up to run a 5K might be a walk in the park for some and for others, it may require a complete lifestyle change to make it happen. 

Perhaps you have dreams to start your own business or to make a career change.  What is stopping you?  What steps do you have to take to make it happen?  What level of comfort would you be willing to give up to follow your heart?

Are you tired of being tired?  Are you discouraged by not having the motivation to get back into shape?  The time is now to stop hoping, wishing, and wanting.  It's time to commit to making it happen and to get uncomfortable.  Excuses are choices and the only thing that is truly stopping you is you.

Change is uncomfortable.  But until we are willing to go to a place that makes us nervous, out of breath, gives us a little anxiety, then change cannot take place.

Change is a process and it starts with discomfort.  Losing weight, a career change or accomplishing a goal never happens in an instant.  The journey to a successful change takes time, patience and the belief in yourself that you can make it happen.

What do you want to change? Are you willing to get uncomfortable?

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