This Is Your Sign To Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone

You know when you want to download an App on your phone, or you’re looking to send out that funny new Emoji, and your phone pops out a notification saying that you need the next software update to do that?

Well, I’m here to tell you that we all need software updates. Just like our phones do.

When that little notification pops out saying you need an update you might be the kind of person to ignore it until it comes back again, or if you’re anything like me, you rather do it at the moment and get rid of that little red dot on your screen.

Either way, you’ll end up doing it because you’ll need it for whatever you want to do next with your phone.

In real life, I think the universe is smart enough to send us notifications telling us it’s time for our update. They can come up in any shape or form. They can be a new job, an interview, the end of the lease on your apartment, getting a dog, trying a new coffee place, taking a different route to work, and so many more.

My point is, these notifications are different for everybody. They’re gonna come up depending on what you need. What you’re looking for. The funny thing is that most of the time, we don’t even notice them because we think we’re doing fine just where we are. We’re thinking we don’t need a change or an update just yet. We’re chillin’ in our comfort zone.

You see, a lot of people talk about getting out of your comfort zone like it was an easy thing to do.

It’s really not.

We call it comfort zone for a reason. Because we’re happy, relaxed, comfortable, and secure in many ways. Who wants to get out of their couch on a Sunday morning to go grocery shopping? Probably no one! But we get out of the couch because we need to.

The same thing happens with bigger scenarios.

Stepping outside of your comfort zone represents the unknown. The pool of possibilities that the universe has to offer. But it also represents all the changes that we need to do to ourselves to go get them.

Stepping out of your comfort zone makes you question who you are. It tests you. It makes you grow in ways you didn’t imagine you’d grow. It makes you have a strong foundation of values, ideas, and dreams in order to keep moving forward.

And of course, for many of us, it represents fear. 

The way I look at it, I rather say “I’m excited for what’s to come” than say “I’m scared of what could happen”. Because fear is nothing but a choice we make.

The first time that I realized this was a real thing was when I left to live in Canada for a year at 18 years old. I remember stepping on the plane (by myself for the very first time!) and a huge part of me wanted to run back towards my parents waving at me. My safe place, my comfort zone. But I knew that I could turn that feeling around and become a more independent version of myself.

That year in Canada ended up being one of the best years of my life. In a lot of ways, it made me who I am today, and it was only because I decided to click on that notification life sent me and get an update. See, I needed all the experiences and people that I met there for everything that came after that in my life.

Getting out of our comfort zones represents becoming a better version of ourselves. It prepares us for the next chapter. For what’s to come.

Your phone lets you do amazing new things once you update it right? Well, life does the same for us.

Next time you feel you got a notification to upgrade yourself, don’t leave it for later. Don’t say “not yet”.

There’s always a greater version of yourself waiting for you.

Right outside of your comfort zone.