Comments on: Living Outside Your Comfort Zone https://uncorneredmarket.com/living-outside-your-comfort-zone/ Travel That Cares for Our Planet and Its People Tue, 17 Dec 2019 22:39:21 +0000 hourly 1 By: Imogen https://uncorneredmarket.com/living-outside-your-comfort-zone/#comment-1118615 Wed, 04 Dec 2013 22:34:22 +0000 http://uncorneredmarket.com/?p=4076#comment-1118615 It’s always encouraging to gain advice from other travelers.

Personally I left home in England a few months ago to work in SE Asia for an NGO called SOLS 24/7 (big emotional risk)and I’m hoping to travel on my own for a bit in May.

As a 20 yr old female its all very daunting however,just like you said my confidence is building and I’m learning lots of new skills 🙂

Great blog…wil definitely check out more of your posts!

]]> By: Daniel Noll https://uncorneredmarket.com/living-outside-your-comfort-zone/#comment-850807 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 18:20:55 +0000 http://uncorneredmarket.com/?p=4076#comment-850807 @Lisa: Thank you for the compliment regarding the purpose of our site and work. By the way, you might also be interested in The Danger Map of the World: Fear vs. Awareness and How Travel Beats the Media Fear Machine.

Great to see you here!

]]> By: Lisa Perez https://uncorneredmarket.com/living-outside-your-comfort-zone/#comment-836428 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 17:13:01 +0000 http://uncorneredmarket.com/?p=4076#comment-836428 Fantastic insight, there is so much to travel then just “visiting a place”. You need to take risks, and embrace the unknown and also make sure you around people who think the same. Whenever I talk about going some place new, people are quick to say “I heard it’s not safe” or “why there?” etc. Stick to your gut if you have the true desire, everything will fall into place as it should.

P.S love the writing and purpose of this blog. Great work!

]]> By: Audrey Scott https://uncorneredmarket.com/living-outside-your-comfort-zone/#comment-826399 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 08:11:11 +0000 http://uncorneredmarket.com/?p=4076#comment-826399 @Peter: Thanks for sharing your own experiences. Fear has a way of creeping in so many ways. Sometimes it takes a while to recognize what it is and how it is affecting you. I’d say this is perhaps the most difficult step.

]]> By: Peter Shaw - Long Term travel https://uncorneredmarket.com/living-outside-your-comfort-zone/#comment-816895 Sun, 14 Jul 2013 10:02:42 +0000 http://uncorneredmarket.com/?p=4076#comment-816895 Some good advice, I think point number 1 is the most important. Just knowing what your fears are is really the only place to start in facing them. If you don’t take the time or the energy to face them you’re lying to yourself and can’t hope to get over them. First steps admitting you have a problem. Great post to help take that first step on something..

]]> By: Peter Shaw - Long Term travel https://uncorneredmarket.com/living-outside-your-comfort-zone/#comment-816897 Sun, 14 Jul 2013 06:04:30 +0000 http://uncorneredmarket.com/?p=4076#comment-816897 Actually I wrote a post about quitting my career to travel the world and the fear that was associated with that. Hope this is useful to someone.

]]> By: Audrey Scott https://uncorneredmarket.com/living-outside-your-comfort-zone/#comment-414385 Sun, 13 May 2012 11:01:36 +0000 http://uncorneredmarket.com/?p=4076#comment-414385 @Micki: We completely understand the idea of making a difficult decision now to avoid looking back in 20-30-40+ years and wondering “what if?” It is scary at the time, but as you said thinking about the worst income helps put things into perspective. Congrats on making this difficult decision to leave your job & travel!

]]> By: Micki @ TheBarefootNomad https://uncorneredmarket.com/living-outside-your-comfort-zone/#comment-413946 Sat, 12 May 2012 02:04:30 +0000 http://uncorneredmarket.com/?p=4076#comment-413946 This is awesome. I so agree with asking yourself “What’s the Worst That Can Happen?”. I honestly think that the inability (or unwillingness?) to face that question is what holds most people back from taking a risk.

Sometimes going there, and really thinking trough the worst outcome, can really help us face our fears. I use this all the time, when I find that I’m holding back from making a decision.

In the past few months, we’ve taken a big leap and started working for ourselves through our blog and other projects. We’ve have been talking about this for what seems like forever, and somehow screwed up the courage to do it.

For me, it meant leaving behind well-paying, but pretty unfulfilling career, to take a leap of faith into the unknown. I didn’t want to be 80 years old, and wondering why I never took the chance…

]]> By: Audrey Scott https://uncorneredmarket.com/living-outside-your-comfort-zone/#comment-208326 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:56:07 +0000 http://uncorneredmarket.com/?p=4076#comment-208326 @Todd: Thanks for stopping by our blog and also leaving such a thoughtful comment. Really glad this piece resonated with you. You’re so right about perspective being a precious gift.

Sometimes unpleasant life incidents push us to do something we never imagined, in a good way. Sounds like you thrived outside your comfort zone and found a new passion inside of you. Congratulations! Good luck in creating your online business and getting back on the road.

]]> By: Todd https://uncorneredmarket.com/living-outside-your-comfort-zone/#comment-204346 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:43:29 +0000 http://uncorneredmarket.com/?p=4076#comment-204346 This is the first time I’ve read anything on your blog and I can’t begin to tell you how spot on this is. Though I am relatively new to world travel and still have plenty of places to see, if it weren’t for a certain incident in early 2009, I wouldn’t be doing what I am doing. I was finishing up school, had my dream job and had an awesome girlfriend. Then the US economy went in the dumpster. I lost my job, eventually lost the girl and was about a month and a half away from finishing school. The day after graduation I was on a plane to Dublin and trekked across Europe for 7 weeks. I’m still asking myself the same question, why did I come back?
One of the biggest reasons for going was to challenge myself and see how resourceful I could be outside my comfort zone. I learned a lot about myself in those 7 weeks, and thankfully a side of me that needed to, died. I’m now currently working on starting my own internet business to fund my travel addictions and other needs. I wouldn’t have it any other way now and won’t stop til I get there. Perspective truly is a gift not many people get.

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