Time to get OUT of the comfort zone

We are just 4 months AWAY from the new year, and it’s time we re-think our lives and reset what we need to spring clean. Talking about spring cleaning, I have been doing a lot of that not just in my life, but also in my apartment!!!

Sometimes many of us get into a rut being it in a relationship, work, hobbies, friendships, and just about everything. You are so used to it, you are not willing to LET IT GO, especially for many relationships even when it’s toxic.

I know this because I used to be in a toxic relationship and even with much persuasion from my friends and family to break-up with that person, I still continued not because I love him, but because I was stuck in my comfort zone!! Many abused women have the same mentality because they think their husbands/boyfriends can change BUT a leopard will not change its spots right? And these women continue to think that way till they are trap and worse, beaten till they go into hospital 🙁

How do we know we are in a comfort zone?

When everything you are doing seems mundane and there’s no excitement anymore

Even checking out a new eatery can get you OUT of that rut

When you feel like you just need a break
When getting out of it actually seems difficult when you KNOW it’s the right thing to do

For me, it’s about trying a new look or dress when I emcee events instead of relying on the same style because I can be quite a stick in the mud! Wore glasses to host the 20th Asia Pacific Optometry Congress Gala dinner as they felt it would suit the dinner, and I wore a beautiful dress from Rent A dress KL too!

So, we have addressed that we are in a comfort zone, now how do we get out of it?

Sometimes, take the peoples advice around you and LISTEN

Jennifer listened to my advice to seek medical help and even went to the doctors I introduced to her after stubbornly refusing to do anything for 7 months even with stage 3 colon cancer!!! Now, she’s on the road to recovery!!

If it’s a relationship, cut off contact with the person for abit to cool things down, or really take that much needed holiday to put things into perspective for you. For me, I always had to move to another country to get out of a toxic relationship!
Have the will to let it go, it’s all about mental strength!