Open Mic #3: Argumentative Essay - Why People Should Step Out of Their Comfort Zone More Often.3/28/2018 Everyone has a comfort zone. It’s just something you have no matter who you are or what you do. Your comfort zone is your safe space, and no matter how big it is many people don’t venture outside of it. Although you may feel uncomfortable doing something, the benefits of stepping outside of your comfort zone far outweigh the risks of embarrassment.
One of the many benefits of stepping outside of your comfort zone is that it allows you to grow as a person. While you may not think it is, your comfort zone is a limited space. Things don’t often grow well in restricted areas. By growing as a person you find out more about yourself that you may not have know before. Learning these new things will also help you throughout your life. Another benefit would be that you would become more comfortable challenging yourself. By challenging yourself you push yourself to perform at your peak. It also allows you to deal with future challenges better. According to Huffpost, “As children, we’re natural risk takers. But as we get older and learn to fear failure, we start holding ourselves back and attempting fewer new things.” Because of that we pay a pretty big price and hold ourselves back from doing something we really want to because of what might happen. A third reason why stepping out of your comfort zone once and a while is a good idea is that it boosts our creativity. Creativity is risky, much like anything in life. When we share our creativity, we become vulnerable and open ourselves up for rejection. Forbes contributor Steven Kotler, wrote in his piece about Einstein, “Creatives fail and the really good ones fail often.” Don’t be afraid to fail, don’t be afraid of rejection. These things hold us back from becoming the people we want to be. Some might argue that stepping out of your comfort zone isn’t beneficial. If something goes wrong there’s no way you’ll come back from it. Why would you intentionally put yourself in a possibly embarrassing situation? That’s all true but the key word in those sentences are “If” and “Possibly.” You don’t know what might happen when you decide to step out of your comfort zone. It could go many ways, not just one of two extremes. Stepping out of your comfort zone gets harder later in life. If you get used to it early in life it becomes so much easier later and you won’t be as subject to being uncomfortable outside of your comfort zone. After hearing that, I challenge you. Step outside of your comfort zone. Take more risks. Build some more character. Nothing can end as bad as you think it will. If it does life goes on, things keep moving, and you’ll get over it. Not to mention you’ll be better prepared for next time. But don’t forget to not push yourself to far. There’s a fine line between healthy risks and destructive ones. Other than that make life your comfort zone. Works Cited Gregorie, Carolyn. “Huffpost” [“6 Reasons To Step Out Of Your Comfort Zone”]. The Huffington Post, 6 Dec. 2017, www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/26/stepping-outside-your-comfort-zone_n_5872638.html. Accessed 27 Mar. 2018. Updated Version Here docs.google.com/document/d/1uTP-isjXH6FBu02kwK3QCwKRn3JyNAKG2UJr-ka9d6U/edit?usp=sharing
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