“Life begins at the edge of the comfort zone.” dixit, s. (2017). How can you step out of your comfort zone. lifealth. Retrieved 17 August 2019, from https://www.lifealth.com/mind-body-and-soul/happiness/how-can-you-step-out-of-your-comfort-zone-sd/33517/
I know! It’s hard to step out from the comfort zone, as hard as getting out of bed. Because outside of that comfort zone, is filled with the “unexpected “, which makes us fear. So there must be something that motivates us to keep moving forward, which is goals. However, not every goal is going to become a motivation, therefore, we need the right goals, and here’s the ultimate guide to setting the right goals.
1. Find a Goal
We all have goals that motivate us to step forward, it could be wealth, relationships, happiness, fulfillment. Therefore, to step out from that comfort zone, we need goals. However, not all goals are considered good goals, we should recognize our goals, and get to know about our “goal”, and here’s how
2. Get To Know Aout Your Goal
Ask yourself, is the goal achievable? is it in or out of my comfort zone? The goal should not be in the comfort zone, or it will not become a motivation, rather, that “goal” would become an excuse for more procrastination since achieving it requires no effort. The goal should not be too far from the comfort zone either when a goal seems impossible to achieve, it will not be a “goal” anymore, it is called a “dream”. So, how to set an appropriate and achievable goal?
Finding goals Vojkovich-Bombard, A. (2017). Cracking the code: 6 steps to achieving your company goals. The Asana Blog. Retrieved 17 August 2019, from https://blog.asana.com/2017/11/cracking-the-code-6-steps-to-achieving-your-company-goals/
3. Set a Goal
If the goal is too close to you, then you should move the goal a little bit further until it becomes more challenging based on your current ability, for instance, Assuming you 30 books, it means you’ve already expanded your comfort zone to 30 books, and this year you can challenge yourself to read 40 to 50 books instead of 32 books. Make sure to set an achievable goal that requires effort.
Set your goal! Get SMART: How to Finally Complete Your Goals with the SMART Process. (2019). Lucidchart.com. Retrieved 17 August 2019, from https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/setting-smart-goals
4. Don’t Try To Eat The Entire Cake!
As mentioned, the goal can’t be too far from you either, one way to deal with a very tough goal is to divide your goals into smaller portions, like a cake! Once you finish one piece, you can take a rest, and move on to the next one. However, if you try to eat the entire cake at once, you will probably suffer from stomachache for the next few days, and you will not want to eat that cake ever again.
Divide the cake! Have Your Cake And Divide It Too. (2018). 123 Design Blog. Retrieved 17 August 2019, from https://blog.123.design/kitchen/have-your-cake-and-divide-it-too/
Hey Anderson! After reading this blog post, my primary reaction was to recall how foolish my childhood dream was. When I first started playing soccer, my goal was to play soccer professionally. But later in life, I realized that my goal was neither too close nor just right to achieve(like you mentioned), in fact, it was probably too far off considering the amount of effort I put into it. As you said, my goal might have been more realistic if ate the cake piece by piece! One question that I came up with while reading your post, is that are dreams impossible to achieve? Also, how do you determine where one’s comfort zone is? In my opinion, your post is not only fascinating and meaningful, but it is also a helpful life lesson for people to understand
Hi, Anderson! I think the way you simile dividing the goal into pieces as a cake is interesting, and I totally agree about that don’t set a goal that is too easy, because I have used to sat a goal that is too easy for me, and because of that, I need to do extra work to fix it in the future, I have set a goal that I only need to graduate from the high school is fine, but now, my GPA is lower than the college required, and I haven’t go to any Ielts class, and I have never take an ielts before, so when I am reading your blog, I feel I used to set a too easy goal, and it is in my comfort zone. I have two questions, If your goal is a long term goal, how do you know the goal isn’t in the comfort zone, and also not a dream?