“Find Your Own Comfort Zone!”

We normally receive countless advice from people that we should once in a while leave our comfort zone and explore the world to find our true selves. However, have we already understood what comfort zone means, or perhaps the definition itself is tremendously controversial that one’s defining is different from the others’. 

One of my friends said that home is her definition of comfort zone. Staying in and practicing her routines, something she does regularly, are things she prefers to do most of her weekends. She believes that this promises comfort and safety. My opinion is somehow a little contrary to what she mentioned. I don’t know whether you have ever felt the same way, but it is true for me that whenever I stay in, my feelings are uneasy. I would get stressed and sometimes feel sick. 

So, I don’t consider my bedroom as a cozy zone, and I constantly feel like going out and needing a naturally fresh air. For example, when I have some short spare time, I often hang out with friends at a café in town. Moreover, if I have a long holiday, like 3 days or more, I would choose to go away. The majority of people would use the term ‘leaving the comfort zone’ to represent this action. 

However, I am a bit different. Going away is a path to reach my comfort zone.

You may question why I say this. It’s simple because comfort zone to me can be various places which are challenging, but they give me peace in my heart and mind. Normally, natural places with beautiful sceneries like islands, seas and mountains are my relaxing places. Thus, when I step out of the door of my house, I never think that I am leaving my comfort zone. Yet, I am going for a comfort zone.

This is one example of my leaving for a comfort zone: 

Paradoxically, the circumstance which I was in wasn’t good at all. I felt extremely stressed and really exhausted due to my work and family. Even when I was staying at home, my head could not relax. So, I eventually decided to take the challenge.

From this, I found my peaceful time with my mental calmness during my bike ride on a very long road. I forgot all of my anxiety and started to fill my energy. The sole concentration I had was on my goal – the place that I set to arrive each day. 

From this, I have then learned many useful lessons in life. One of them is my idea on cycling. I came to understand that cycling does not depends on only our physical strength, but also commitment, endurance and direction. It is true that I was not well-trained cyclist, but I surely could do this job step by step. That means, during my trip, we rode around 100 kilometers a day, and we had to set out the direction for each day. 

Despite the difficulty to see the road in the evening as there were not any light, I remember we were still cycling until 7 o’clock because we must arrive at out pinned point. This shows that we needed a very strong endurance which came out of our mind.  Had we been lack of any of these mentioned points, we would have never reached the place we wanted to go. 

As you can see, traveling does not give me only peace in my heart, but it also provides a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction. What is more important is that it often teaches me new lessons in life. The story is really not different since a combination of all of these together are truly essential to achieve our set goals.  

To sum up this article, I kind of have two points to leave here. First, people have different perspectives on the meaning of comfort zone. Second, a place that can give you a physical comfort is not always able to produce a mental well-being for you. But what I am sure about is that there is only you who can find your own comfort zone.