Getting out of the comfort box
Challenging the self is a peculiar way to reach self improvement and discover new abilities, never known before.
Chances had always come to the individual to get out of the familiar ground, step into new territories of the unknown, where the psychological mechanisms are not instantly ready to react into the defense and preservation of the self. Keep in mind that most frequently, the human mind acts in the self preserving and protection direction, so all reactions are conditioned to this main goal, does not matter how well does it know the area that is inserted.
Nevertheless getting out of the comfort zone, has always its ups and downs. Creates these so called “butterflies on the stomach”. That’s because there is no expectation of response by the brain. The human brain is insatiable for knowledge, always wanting to know more, to identify and acknowledge more objects, so it does not stay in the ignorance. Ignorance is bigger and most scary feeling of the human mind. This because uncertainty has revealed to be the most stressful feeling of all. Then you, as conscious person with your own wills and fears, made by your genetic heritage and crossing over of the environmental stress you’ve been put to, decide if you rather keep yourself in the unknown area or take the risk of following the uncertain, doubtful road. There is a reason why we feel so rewarded when we do try getting out of the familiar ground. The idea of jumping into to the vacum of our little micro-system to another micro-galaxy means leaving everything you can predict behind and literally “let things out to destiny, universe or simply to chance”. You may know all the odds, but you will always be in doubt of the direction of life, once you come out of your little, tiny self-world.
