Do you like comfort? Do you? Well, you’re fucked once again. I mean we’ve all been unwillingly out of our comfort zone. We’ve all been there, we faced struggle, we faced adversity and we had to deal with “failure”. But suddenly the universe got out of your way since you kept pushing. You learned and moved on and now you’re comfortable again.
The train is back on track and it keeps rolling at top speed. You get so comfortable that you even get a bit lazy.
You stopped showing what you’re made off and you even feel a bit depressed or sad.
That’s the perfect time to be hit by all kinds of problems. Your train will get derailed in no time. Trust me on this one. I’ve got experience when it comes to this matter.
Comfort will change your life drastically.
I recently got sick just after Christmas. It’s pretty rare for me to get sick but it happened anyway. I just couldn’t get back and track and had to skip training sessions because my body couldn’t cope with the stress. So I got pretty off track the last month, to be honest. I rarely meditated because I couldn’t get out of bed sinceI felt weaker. The worst thing was that I was constantly craving for warm showers and then I knew that I was going in the wrong direction. I didn’t like it but I knew that it was part of life and that I would conquer it.
I got stuck in routines from the past which I didn’t like right now. Like taking warm showers and checking my phone when I got up instead of meditating. There was a point where it was looking like I wouldn’t have a single post this week. So you might imagine that I didn’t want to be in that comfort zone anymore. So I worked step by step to get back on track but it was pretty hard, to be honest.
But then something changed…
Comfort? Get the fuck out!
This all changed when I woke up yesterday (Sunday). I was like fuck this and started meditating. After that, I got fired up to write this blog post and eventually, I did something that I didn’t do for a long time. I took an ice-cold shower and I loved it. Cold showers are the best! I realized that I was getting back on track and from now on I’m only looking forward!
Comfort? I’m I fucking up?
There are a lot of people who start something, get good results but get off track for some reason. A lot of people start to panic at this stage and some will call it quits. But why don’t you go with the flow? Just acknowledge that you got off track and try to get back on track. We’re all human and, normally, we sometimes lose it a bit but it doesn’t matter if you’re able to get back on track. The sooner the better! I believe that too many people are afraid that they failed once they got off track. Nobodies perfect, don’t let the media misguide you.
It’s not bad to make a mistake if you learn from it. That’s the key. Learn a lesson instead of giving up. People just give up way too soon these days.
Enter Eminem.
Till I collapse I one of my favorite songs from Eminem. Maybe it’s because I rediscovered it around the period that I got off track a bit. Just read the first verse.
‘Cause sometimes you just feel tired, feel weak
And when you feel weak, you feel like you wanna just give up
But you gotta search within you
And gotta find that inner strength
And just pull that shit out of you
And get that motivation to not give up
And not be a quitter, no matter how bad you wanna just fall flat on your face, and collapse
Get it? Be like Eminem. Eminem is smart.
In conclusion: my vision of comfort
But Alex, what about your vision? Do you want a shorter one? No problem, it’s time to release my inner poet.
I’m standing here with my arms wide open.
A big smirk appears on my face.
You can see the confidence and determination right in my eyes.
You can hear me slowly breathing because I’m relaxed.
I’m back in my comfort zone but I’m awaiting adversity. I’m craving to return to discomfort.
I want to be able to learn again
I want adversity to knock on my door.
Yes, I invite it because I want to hug it because nobody ever got better by staying in his comfort zone.
I want to embrace it because make no mistake, the best stories start with failure and not with vodka.
I’m not afraid to face all of these things because I’ve got faith in my side.
That’s all folks
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