Celeste Summer

It’s easy for us to stay inside our box of familiarity. We feel safe and secure with what is going on and everything we are doing becomes comfortable. I use to think that this routine of being comfortable was what I should strived for, but as that happened I realized this was also a feeling a contentment. I don’t say this in a condescending way where content stands for something bad, however, in my life, it became a state that prompted a particular question- am I getting a little too comfortable? I decided to start a goal that stemmed me away from this ease and simplicity. I began to learn that branching away from that status quo, in which we maintain things the way they are, is a ride that is unbeatable by any means.

The status quo, or to maintain things the way that they are, becomes routine for us individuals as we are intimidated to step away from what people are typically experiencing and what most find “acceptable.” I can admit I’ve found myself taking the easy way out in life and continue on the same route, easily swayed by others opinions and nervous for what the future unfolds. However with embracing more challenges and obstacles that come our way we begin to utilize potential within that we never would have known existed.

So why not change up the next 24 hours we are presented with. Prepare the next day by asking ourselves - should I be doing more? What scares me? And what can I do tomorrow that will be different than today? And whatever those answers might be, strive for it to be something you’re not at ease with yet, go face that fear and get comfortable with the uncomfortable. The higher you climb the higher you will see. If we stand at the bottom of the mountain day after day not only will we grow tiresome of the view, but also we will never know what is on that other side awaiting our arrival and what personal legend we may have in store.

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So hey, it’s time to accept change and realize doing that same thing we did yesterday will only reveal the same results. We must risk the discomfort of failure and remember that in order to succeed we must fail – fail fast and big. It’s an inevitable path of life and it’s simply a matter of embracing it.  We must look like fools and continuously remind ourselves that the biggest risk is not taking risks at all. We are in the age of continuous change and while stepping out of our comfort zone and risking failure might be intimidating, it will move us onto the road to greatness and toward the ability to be much bigger than who we may have ever thought we were.