Get comfortable being uncomfortable. The biggest or newest events in our lives will make us feel uncomfortable. If they seem unfamiliar to us, or if the outcome is uncertain, it can be challenging to continue moving forward. It can feel scary, uncomfortable, or even painful to continue. But you must keep pursuing the goal.
The most challenging decisions we make in life often move us forward the most. The first time you asked your significant other on a date (and if they said no the first time, maybe you asked them again), when you asked your father-in-law for his daughter’s hand in marriage, when you presented a big project, when you tried to figure out how to be a good parent…the list goes on and on. You were probably nervous or uncomfortable at some point leading up to those actions, but if you didn’t follow through, you wouldn’t be where you are today and you would be left wondering, “what if I had done _____…where would I be in life?”
Seeing results by staying in the discomfort zone can be applied to every aspect of your life. When you’re working out, if you’re not uncomfortable at some point then you’re probably not going to change your body much. With your finances, you not only need to live below your means to achieve certain financial goals, which can be uncomfortable, but sometimes you need to work overtime for months on end to get to where you want to be. The point is, the best things in life often come from a combination of hard work (discomfort) and luck. But as Samuel Goldwyn once said, “The harder I work, the luckier I get.” So go out there, work hard, and be comfortable being uncomfortable.