Ted day 10 环球旅行让我学会了什么？

Make the most out of the cards I have been dealt

Dawn on me

In retrospect,

Flash-forward

Span from… to…

Brain-sizzling frustration

Defining moments of my life

Face it head-on

Perch me on the edge

Plunge into

Euphoria

Become hooked on the rush of having new experiences

We are creatures of habit

We let our passions take the back seat

This did wonders for my self-confidence.

Now, I make the majority of decisions in my life based on the answer to a very simple question: “ will I regret not doing this? “ If the answer is “yes,” I know I have a moral obligation to myself and the people around me to do it.

Being in a state of comfort itself is freedom from pain, but when we subject ourselves to genuine discomfort, and plunge into the unknown, that’s when we learn to transcend the layers of our comfort zone, manage our fears and become empowered by them.

Ask yourselves: how uncomfortable are you willing to become in order to reach your fullest potential?

Reflections:

Fear keeps us prisoners in our comfort zone, and we tend to fill our lives with routines instead of trying new things and having new experiences. As a result, some of us stop growing at a relatively young age, and never reach our full potential. Travelling is a great way for people to step out of the comfort zone and to get new experiences. Instead of planning everything with great details in advance, it may be worth trying to leave some space for surprise encounters provided it’s safe physically. Comfort zone is a complicated area for it’s connected with our body, mind and soul. Thus, we have to make efforts to conquer our fears in all these three domains. To be brave enough to try new things, and to meet our fear head-on is never easy, but the reward for giving it a go may turn out to be immense.