“The sooner you step away from your comfort zone, you'll realize that it really wasn't all that comfortable.” This quote by Eddie Harris Jr. allows us to recognize that comfort zones aren’t good for progress in almost any scenario imaginable. When we stay in a place that is so repetitive and familiar that we become stagnant, it is so incredibly hard to push ourselves to get out of it. One of the most valuable skills we can have is the ability to recognize when our comfort zones are holding us captive from experiencing new things and growing from those circumstances. In Source 1, “Tiptoeing Out of One’s Comfort Zone (and Of Course, Back In)”, by Alina Tugend, the protagonist describes her recent experiences having stepped out of her comfort …show more content…
Stepping out of her physical comfort zone came when she and her family had to move to the upstairs of their house as the bottom floor was being repainted. The entire family quickly became out of sorts. Still, it just allowed the family to bond over the couple of days they were stuck close to one another in the upstairs of the house, while also rewarding them with a newly painted bottom floor of their home. Towards the end of Source 1, the author writes, “So being slightly uncomfortable, whether or not by choice, can push us to achieve goals we never thought we could.” This short quote represents how even if you’re allowing yourself to be uncomfortable even for a little bit, you’re still enabling yourself to grow. Venturing out of your comfort zone doesn’t only allow you to grow in one restricted area of your life, but it also sparks a chemical reaction within your brain, affecting an immeasurable amount of your future …show more content…
We don’t always need to be pushing ourselves to do things we don’t feel prepared for, but every once in a while it’s a good idea to push yourself a little more than you would usually feel comfortable doing because you never know the positive effects that might follow. Source 3, “Expanding the Comfort Zone”, by Kelly West, describes the multiple benefits of stepping out of your comfort zone and offers examples of how to accomplish that feat. Stepping out of your comfort zone could be something as small as engaging in a conversation with someone you’re unfamiliar with or even something as extravagant as participating in a school talent show.As an athlete who has never had experience on stage, as described by the author in the story, the author felt uncomfortable and nervous about pushing herself to do something so big that she’d never experienced before, but felt proud of herself and much more confident in herself than she had