![]() I have learned that it’s not about being able to fix things when they aren’t right – it’s about being there, just simply being present. Welcome Alyssa! Found joy in watching our children pursue and live out their dreams. We have relished the gift of family and adding new family members. Being able to travel on short notice, and being able to put the really important things first (like family and friends – and focus less on things). We have rejoiced in the gift of flexibility this season. Piper was truly a gift, and I know that we will be given another great gift or two. I am excited to see who he will bring into our lives when the time is right. We have decided that there are a couple things we want to do that aren’t pet friendly, so will probably accomplish those things first – unless God has other plans. I know that there is another dog, and possibly a cat in our future. I love greeting and loving on other peoples little fur angels. I love looking at her pictures on my phone. Watching her try to stand after laying down for a while was getting painful (for me – I can only imagine what it must have felt like for her). Although I miss her deeply, I realize that I wasn’t doing her any favors. This season has been abundant in personal growth and learning opportunities. I find it interesting to see what our winter season brings to me in terms of learning and growth. It’s been a while…I’ve written many blogs in my mind, they just never make it to the screen. To be continued… Author mommalert Posted on ApLeave a comment on Comfort Zone or Danger Zone? Catching Up… When things get stagnant, they start to stink…like attitudes, opinions, swamps…. If not now, when? Yesterday would have been better… Being on the lookout for new goals once the current ones are accomplished or within reach. Celebrating the baby steps and slips that signal forward progress. With effort, with failure, with starting over again – and again – and again until I succeed. How? With a good measure of grace and compassion. Instead of working for something we want, we expect to have it fall into our lap. It has become easier to blame everyone (our bosses/coworkers/friends/teachers/government/etc.) else for our failures or mediocrity. It seems that as a society, we have a preponderance of blame shifters instead of those willing to take ownership of their lives. Divest myself of the people that bring negativity to the table. Believe that I can do this (actually, this is the first and most important “how”). Study people that are successfully accomplishing the goals I identify – seek out encouragers. ![]() The how part sounds easy – surround myself with positive, motivational people. The things that excited me and challenged me in terms of goals then are not the same now. Time to dust off the practice skills and restart the process. I know that in the past I set some pretty outrageous goals and surpassed them. Why? So many reasons…am I worth making those big scary goals? …might take too much time and energy? …listening to people around me saying that the big goals are too big? …fear of reaching the big goal? …doubting myself?Īll of those reasons play a part. It’s easier to choose something totally not challenging, one that I know will happen without thought or effort. But sometimes it is my goal – because – apathy. I understand that sometimes, making it through the day is a true big goal, maybe even scary for some. I know this because none of my goals are scary or big anymore. My goals have sadly fallen into a comfort zone. They can easily become a prison-and a danger zone. Comfort Zone lives along the line, and I can see that it edges toward the apathy direction more than joie de vivre.Ĭomfort zones are not meant to be lived in. Neither is a solid end point, more a direction of the continuum. I think about a continuum with apathy being one end, and joie de vivre as the other. Right now, they are edging toward or are in the danger zone. ![]() Pretty sure I can identify at least 12 areas in my life that I consider having comfort zones. Eventually, it may become a prison.Īs I think about this, I realize that I don’t have just one comfort zone. What is your comfort zone and what is keeping you there? Is your comfort zone simply being happy with the status quo? Are you there because it is just too much effort to break out? Or are you stuck there because of someone (your boss, your job, your family)? Are you just too lazy to exert the effort? Is it fear, complacency, the weather, too sunny, too cloudy, etc? Let those excuses continue to build, and they will box you in. Likely because I’ve been feeling stagnant l– and growth occurs outside of your comfort zone. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about comfort zones lately.
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