Comfort or Me Zone

Comfort or “ME” Zone

So true is it right!!

My 4-year-old toddler has one tricycle that he drives around the lawn. For him, this is the biggest possession he has in his life. He won’t share with his friends, cousins, and not even with me ( I am his buddy). These affairs are going since last January. I got amazed at how the little one roams around the house with this tiny tricycle and maneuver his driving skills. He enjoys whenever he must pause his thunderous speed. We all, and he was content with the cycle and daily routine.

But it did not end it here, since last week he is not even touching the cycle, he has the least fret to go outside and show his skills to the world ??.

On day -1 I thought ok it’s a break, and we can also take a break right.

On Day -2 in suspense my wife asked me to hope all well, is he ok?

On day -3 my mom and neighbour aunt asked me, hey where is the little one, is he ok? means hope all is well.

Now the suspense was getting me biting my all nails, I thought let us have a father and son talk and find out.

We both went to buy his favorite red car asked him why you are not cycling. He answered I am getting addicted to this and need to try something else that will help me to learn better, anyways I had to express his thoughts in my word. Belief me the 4-year-old thought me that many friends & colleagues were not able to apprehend.

Yes, he taught that let us break the chain of comfort or "me" zone to try and learn. There is no chance that we will get success or repeat the same aura.

 Dictionary meaning of comfort zone

"It is that area of your life in which you feel familiar with and in control of". When you begin to feel vulnerable, anxious, stressed, uncomfortable about doing something, then you are stepping out of your comfort zone or you're faced with the threat of stepping outside your comfort zone

Ok, is it safe to be in this zone, we think yes since we feel content, secure & most important we get the desired comfort but doesn’t it hold you to do something new or challenge yourself.

We can look at three areas that help to generate the comfort zone

1. Psychological Comfort

2. Socio Comfort

3. Economical Comfort 

Psychological comfort zone – It’s an intrinsic comfort zone, we enjoy being part of this area.

We feel confident, secure, and proud. It's the Pride zone that stopped us to learn new things. We have a feeling of knowing everything that helps us to feel secure. I think all of us are part of this zone. Look at our professional career, we have been part of the same organization, maybe the same role yes no harm in it that we love the same cubicles ?? but are we trying to learn that helps us to grow and aspire to others. We never understand that we have been trapped in this zone unless we feel insecure. it's better to think and unlearn

 Socio Comfort: I remember the famous dialogue of 3 idiots when Farhan was pursuing his parents for his passion for photography, it was like that it's no harm he will have a small house and small car. I think we have grown up to be in our comfort zone, we have studied with a strong purpose to get a good job, we are doing our job to earn not to learn. We cannot blame, our social structure encouraged us to be in our comfort zone, and we pursued it at our best. can we come out of this ??

 Economical Comfort: Financial Security or freedom paralyzing our thoughts do not understand the difference between security or locked in our thoughts. We have been doing the same practices, making the same mistakes again, and again, most important all of us know but we do not dare to come out of our comfort zone. COVID-19 has proved there is nothing secure in this world so all of us must be agile in our thoughts and actions. We need to create aggressive financial planning, we can’t depend on one source of income anymore .so as I say always first learn then earn.

Now we all have been part of this journey since childhood and we know it won’t change overnight, but can we make changes and most important are we willing to change,

I can suggest you certain steps; I might sound like a management guru ??, but I have implemented them in my life and got certain time-bound results.

1. We should stop taking things for granted, prepare to face the challenge-lets have a Growth Mindset.

2. Do not be in a cage, open for a new challenge, and change the daily routine.

3. Accept the unknown things in life.

4. Do not be a control freak.

5. Let’s break the rule by trying something that we never tried.

6. Start asking unprecedented questions.

 Let us start a new beginning to show life beyond the comfort zone and walk towards the danger zone.