{"id":659,"date":"2017-03-27T00:00:54","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T06:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.melaniebnewman.com\/staging\/9944\/?p=659"},"modified":"2022-04-18T16:30:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T22:30:01","slug":"getting-comfort-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.melaniebnewman.com\/staging\/9944\/getting-comfort-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting out of my comfort zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I did my first Facebook live last week and I tell ya\u2019 it wasn\u2019t easy!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/melanie.newman.319\/videos\/10203286906409603\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch it here!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had so many reasons not to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I\u2019m not comfortable with technology and didn\u2019t know how to do it.<\/li>\n<li>Talking \u201coff the cuff\u201d is not my strong point. I really like to be prepared.<\/li>\n<li>I had no make-up on and my hair was windblown and wet from just coming in from a hike.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There were so many perceived obstacles that I came close to putting it off one more day.<\/p>\n<p>How many times in your life do you avoid doing something because it might make you feel uncomfortable? Ask yourself where such decisions are taking you? Are you happier, more fulfilled or is there a nagging sensation and feeling of disappointment?<\/p>\n<p>Often times we put off a goal or a dream thinking we\u2019ll do it when we get good. It doesn\u2019t work that way. <strong>We get good in the process of doing<\/strong>! Even with or actually because of all the mistakes and failures along the way!<\/p>\n<p>Ralph Waldo Emerson said: \u201cThat which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed but that our power to do has increased.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That is what you\u2019re doing by stretching yourself out of your comfort zone &#8211; increasing your capacity, your talents, your being!<\/p>\n<p>So, what is one thing you can do today that will stretch you, just a bit? It doesn\u2019t have to be huge, in fact, it shouldn\u2019t be or it\u2019s too easy to give up or not even begin. My encouragement for you is to start small and celebrate each step along the way enjoying the process of growth!<\/p>\n<p>If I can figure out Facebook live on my own, talk without a script, knowing I\u2019m looking a little weathered, then I know you can most definitely do something, no matter how small, to stretch yourself today and experience the confidence that comes from just doing!<\/p>\n<p>Sending you my encouragement! You can do this!<\/p>\n<p>Love,<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-462\" src=\"https:\/\/www.melaniebnewman.com\/staging\/9944\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/signature.png\" alt=\"Melanie Newman\" width=\"223\" height=\"73\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I did my first Facebook live last week and I tell ya\u2019 it wasn\u2019t easy! Watch it here! I had so many reasons not to: I\u2019m not comfortable with technology and didn\u2019t know how to do it. 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