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I thought I\u2019d done the work \u2026. a clean sweep of all my comfort zones<\/a> a year ago.<\/p>\n

I was free, embracing NEW and living life unrestrained and Big!<\/p>\n

Whoooaaa<\/i>\u2026not so fast<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It happened last week.<\/p>\n

My daily barre class was about to begin\u2026\u2026music up\u2026.the conversation I was involved in wrapped quickly\u2026 I turned to find a place in the room.<\/p>\n

That’s when the waters parted…women the length of the room repositioned themselves to open a path to MY SPOT. My mouth dropped for a split second. I smiled, chuckled and made my way there.<\/p>\n

The women on either side of me offered conspiratorial, knowing smiles—\u201cNo worries we wouldn\u2019t let<\/i> anyone take your SPOT.”<\/i><\/p>\n

I (slightly embarrassed) mouthed, \u201cThank you.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

We launched ourselves into the warm-up.<\/p>\n

The class finished and I studied the area around me\u2014this was MY SPOT. I stood in this exact spot every day, 5 days a week for one year.\u00a0 I shook my head and took it all in.<\/p>\n

\u201cNoooooooooo.\u201d<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

I was still deep in thought as I put on my shoes. \u00a0\u201cI just realized I\u2019ve stood in the same spot for a YEAR!\u201d \u00a0I share with a fellow workout mate (who had her own fitness studio for 15 years). She reassuringly patted my arm, \u201cthat\u2019s nothing I had women in my classes\u00a0who were in the same spot for 10 years!\u201d \u00a0What???!!! \u201cWhat do you make of this?\u201d I sputter. \u00a0\u201cHmmm….. not sure\u201d, she shrugs, \u201cmaybe they just felt comfortable?\u201d<\/p>\n

Bingo!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes it seems once I\/we get comfortable<\/em> an unconscious ‘thing’ happens. We tuck in. We claim. We stay.<\/p>\n

In this case I had claimed a 2 by 2 piece of floor and ensconced it with a wall (of maybe barbed wire) judging by the way the waters parted to allow clear\u00a0access to MY SPOT?<\/p>\n

I considered the absurdity of this on and off all day.<\/p>\n

The next morning I arrived early and took a new place on the other side of the room. My workout mates entered the room and glanced at me quizzically. \u00a0“I\u2019m moving around,” I explain.\u00a0 Surprise\u00a0flashes\u00a0across each face.<\/p>\n

At the end of the class I realized I had a new perspective on the room and had shared \u00a0an hour of agony (not really we love<\/i> this workout) with new comrades.<\/p>\n

So here\u2019s my lesson(s)—it\u2019s not to keep moving around in my workout class it\u2019s to continually and consciously keep all aspects of life NEW! Because now I know comfort zones are sneaky!\u00a0\u00a0They move in and lock in \u2026.when we\u2019re feeling \u2018comfortable\u2019.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Unless we shake things up, we\u00a0remain there, trapped with one perspective…one view.\u00a0Our world\u00a0begins to shrink instead of expand.<\/p>\n

If after having taken these precautions a comfort zone still manages to sneak in and sets up camp\u2026.<\/p>\n

I vow to FIND it and LEAVE it\u2026.immediately.<\/i><\/p>\n

“I’m outta’ here!”<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

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