Sometimes I do feel kind of burnt out. Especially when I tried hard to push the confines of my comfort zone and it did not succeed as well as I would have expected (or dreamed). Or when I overextended myself believing I could do something but that is for the moment out-of-reach.
Hugh MacLeod reminds us that “this stuff is NORMAL. No, it’s not easy, but hey, no truly interesting and meaningful life ever happened without a lot of this kind of ordeal. Trust me, we are the lucky ones. The unlucky ones are the ones who go their entire lives without ever feeling it.”
Yeah, great. So let’s admit that is the natural outcome of stretching ourselves and that we should be grateful to be sometimes in this condition. The natural reflex is to hurry back to our comfort zone and seek all sorts of risk-minimizing strategies. That’s where the danger looms because it is when we might drop the ball for good.
It is where it is so important to benefit from the support of one’s family (so as to realize we are not alone) and to have as well some areas of life where we can dwell in a comfort zone to recharge our batteries. It is important to make sure that part of our life remains in our comfort zone because stretching it and being creative is well- tiring. And you just can’t do it all the time.
Image and quote by Hugh MacLeod (Gapingvoid.com)
