Out of My Comfort Zone

Everyday I make decisions to do the things I need to do or to not . Just because some are comfortable and some are not

Hiiya! and welcome to NOVEMEBER!💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼

It has been almost 96 days since I last wrote to you all😑😑😑😑.

I know, I know. That was not the plan and why I do not want to make any excuses, I am hoping I do better in the coming days.

So many things have happened since the last time but there is a reason I decided to write about this topic.

I had to do so many things I am not comfortable with – The things I do that are out of my comfort zone.

For instance, I don’t like being in a crowd, I don’t like talking to a crowd of people, to be honest I can hardly talk to people I am not very familiar with.

I do not even know how I am doing my job sometimes. I still get anxiety when I must go for client meetings. Simply because, I have a low taking threshold and I know I will have to talk for a while.

Sometime in August, my team somehow convinced me to host the CyBlack conference which happened in Manchester. I was so busy planning that it did not occur to me I was about to stand in front of 100 people to speak *Insert the why me? GIF*.

I walked into the venue that morning and I honestly was having little panics (You could hardly tell tho). I walked straight to the front to have a feel of what it will be like first and I was like omo!(An expression I make when I have no words). I went back to my team and asked, “How did you all convince me to do this?”.

It was too late to back out, so I knew I had to somehow do it and of course I did!. The first 5 minutes was uncomfortable for me but afterwards I think I got a good hang of it (I mean, I got some amazing feedback)

Why am I Saying All of this?

While this is one of the many uncomfortable things I did in the last 3 months, it occurred to me that everything I have done in my career in the last 6 years has been me intentionally or unintentionally doing something I was not comfortable with.

Taking a new job, Moving to a new city, taking up task, working on exciting projects, leading some amazing team...etc.. Everyone of them and guess what, I get comfortable with some, and I never get comfortable with some, but I still do them uncomfortably and afraid.

I think it is the reason Hingees is one of my favorite brands. I bought 3 of their tees with the inscription “Do it Afraid. Keep Going.” It resonates so much with the things, I say to myself every time, when I am in an uncomfortable situation.

…and thinking about it, I would not be where I am today (I am not where I want to be yet tho) if I did not do the uncomfortable things. The uncomfortable things are the key things that has increased my confidence and self-esteem.

It is soo easy to want to do the things you are good at or that you are comfortable with (which I do not think is bad) but sometimes you need to try something new, something different.

Sometimes we know the positive impact of the uncomfortable things, but we are too scared to do them. This is me saying GO FOR IT.

It may be tough at first, it may not get easier, but you will do them and do them WELL.

I hope I can stay a little bit consistent going forward.

Thank you for sticking around!💚💚💚

Until next time (which should be soon I hope😊😊)