Time to step out of your comfort zone

One of the hardest things to remember when starting back into school is all the goals you’ve set for yourself. 

Whether it’s weekly goals or academic goals it’s easy to get overwhelmed. Or you could be one of those people who doesn’t really set overall goals or just take things day by day. 

But I really want to challenge you with setting a goal. But not just any goal of finishing homework on time or something menial.  

Take a look back in your life. Think of the goals you’ve set for yourself rather regularly. How far did those actually get you? Do you really remember how much those helped you? Because if you’re like me it’s hard to remember those little goals I set even if they are just things I put in my agenda.

 I honestly can’t think of a time where this actually did something for me in the long run besides getting through the day. Which let’s be honest it would’ve been fine regardless.  

Now that you have that in your mind, think about the last time you set a goal that required you to challenge yourself. It’s probably a little easier to think of. Something that really pushed you out of your comfort zone. Maybe you worked out all summer or made yourself stick to a sricter schedule. Maybe you challenged yourself to try out for a big conference. Whether it was academically or just for personal gain, those things are much easier to remember. You grew as a person and had an outcome to be proud of regardless of the trials you faced during it. Even though I’m sure you wanted to give up or didn’t want to do it sometimes or didn’t think you achieved it, you still saw it through to the end. I guarantee you remember how rewarding it was to finish and how euphoric it felt. 

I now encourage you to set a new challenge that requires you to put yourself outside your comfort zone. Find something in the next week that will push you in some sort of way. Whether that’s mentally, physically, or academically find one thing that you need to overcome. 

Apply for that job you might not get, it’s worth the shot. Join a club that kind of scares you, get out there and be social. You want to lose 15 pounds, step foot in the gym and give it your best shot.  

There are always going to be things that are going to make you nervous or your anxiety will shoot through the roof.

 Regardless of what happens you need to be confident in yourself. You need to realize that the goal you set is what is best for yourself.

 It is going to be scary. It’s going to be difficult. But nothing amazing or worthwhile will come if you don’t try.