In my latest article “7 clues you are ready to stretch out of your comfort zone” I talk about how our comfort zone is a space or structure we build/create that surrounds us and is filled with all that is familiar. Our safe place that help us feel grounded and secure in the world. There are times in each of our lives when we outgrow our current comfort zone. Here are the clues that let me know when I was at the edge of mine – ready to step through it.
I began questioning the impact I was having in my life and work.
After a tragedy in my family, I started to question my life and where it was going. What difference was I making? These questions helped me take a closer look at my work and at myself to see what worked, what didn’t, what was missing and where I was compromising too much of myself – especially how I was holding myself back. Slowly the questions turned to answers.
I started paying attention to the pull I had been feeling to live in a different environment.
For years I felt the pull to another place, another lifestyle and environment. Inside I had ideas of what it looked like and felt like. The pull got stronger as the years went by until it was so strong I decided to take action to stretch. My husband felt the pull too – and once that happened, the joint force pulled us through our fear.
What are your signs?
Stefanie, maturity has a way of bringing some of the “clues” into focus that you are referring to. In my case, it is “age ” maturity combined with a professional yearning for more than just “bringing home the bacon”!
If you haven’t already done so, I recommend a perfect book for you or certainly recommend to others who respond to you called “Halftime”, written by Bob Buford. It is a terrific read to help lend clarity to our working purpose and life capability!
Thank you Jeff, I’ll be sure to check out that book!