{"id":146,"date":"2017-08-23T13:15:20","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T18:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/?p=146"},"modified":"2017-08-23T13:15:20","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T18:15:20","slug":"comfort-zones-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2017\/08\/23\/comfort-zones-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Comfort Zones"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve all heard the expression “jump out of your comfort zone” or “step out of your comfort zone,” but personally, I disagree with this saying. \u00a0I believe that by telling someone that they should ‘step out of their comfort zone,’ you are basically saying that they should do things that make them uncomfortable or anxious. \u00a0Why would you want someone to feel uncomfortable? \u00a0Why would you\u00a0want\u00a0<\/em>them to be anxious? \u00a0You don’t, right? \u00a0So why tell them to step outside of what they are comfortable with doing?<\/p>\n

For example, say your friend has an anxiety disorder, and what gives them anxiety are things like public speaking or talking to someone that they do not know. \u00a0Would you tell that friend to just leap straight into it and speak at a mall full of strangers, all at once? \u00a0No? \u00a0Would that not be considered ‘jumping out<\/em>‘ of their comfort zone?<\/p>\n

Now, in writing, comfort zones are a completely different story, if you ask me. \u00a0In writing, coming out of your comfort zone means to write about a topic or a specific origin that you typically do not write about. \u00a0Personally, I believe that doing so results in bettering your writing – and maybe even your state of mind whenever you think about that origin or topic and your opinions on said topic. \u00a0There is another popular expression that we have all heard on one occasion or numerous ones: \u00a0“Practice makes perfect.” \u00a0In reality, practice does not make perfect because such a thing as “perfect” does not exist. \u00a0Every piece of writing you create or begin to create will not be perfect – there\u00a0will\u00a0<\/em>be flaws, regardless of how many hours you pour into it, editing, rewriting, and just simply changing it. \u00a0No piece of writing will be perfect.<\/p>\n

Practice may not make perfect, but that’s okay. \u00a0Practice simply betters you and your work until you are satisfied with what you have produced, and comfort zones are what makes that writing unique from anyone else’s. \u00a0Maybe you’re never written about a family member’s death because every time you think about it, you can’t help but do anything other than cry, or you’ve brought up a past memory but never had the voice in your writing be your own – you always had a character who had the same memories as your own, and\u00a0they\u00a0<\/em>were the “I” in your story. \u00a0All it takes is to gradually ease into bettering your work or your fears. \u00a0Then, you will be even closer to expanding that comfort zone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’ve all heard the expression “jump out of your comfort zone” or “step out of your comfort zone,” but personally, I disagree with this saying. \u00a0I believe that by telling someone that they should ‘step out of their comfort zone,’ you are basically saying that they should do things that make them uncomfortable or anxious. … Continue reading “Comfort Zones”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions\/167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}