By: Jacqueline Sumano
The fear we have of getting out from our comfort zone is tough but once we get rid of it, we get to experience the world. Once I stepped out from mine, I noticed what life really meant; it meant for me that taking risks was the way of living.
I was always that one shy girl in class, the one that would freak out once the teacher called me to answer a math problem. The one who had so much trouble making friends due to rejection. The one who couldn’t say how she felt about something or someone. It was just all uncomfortable for me, I always thought that I was never going to step out from my zone.
According to www.theplanetd.com it is explained that stepping out from your comfort zone means doing something that you don’t feel comfortable with doing. The word “Comfort Zone” clearly says it.
There was a time where I was slowly getting out from my comfort zone, where I would join events with my friends. An event I remember was back in 5th grade, when all the 5th graders would dance in front of the whole school. Sometimes when we would practice I wouldn’t be comfortable touching peoples hands. When it was someone I knew I didn’t mind. But since we would practice everyday I got used to it and then got comfortable.
Back in 6th grade I remember the first day of school, I didn’t know anyone due to the fact that I was the new girl. When it was lunch, I tried to make friends but I would just get rejected. I didn’t understand why but I just dealt with it. I would just sit in a corner. I was getting comfortable with my own space, with myself. I knew it was a bad thing but I was just so happy.
Middle School came, I had a few friends; but as we know friends come and go. I was just so used to being alone. My comfort zone was just with me all the time. But once I had to communicate with people and present powerpoints to the class, it was a big problem.
My heart would beat so fast that I felt like it would just pop! I would be so nervous that I would start sweating. My legs would start shaking. Everyone would wait for me to start the presentation. Once I felt comfortable I just went for it.
Highschool came, that’s where I knew that I had to step out from my comfort zone. I started communicating with my teammates in class. I started to make new friends. Even though there were times where I was scared to communicate with people I still managed to talk to them.
I was getting tired of being scared of everything, it made me weak. I knew that it made me feel down, It would walk me away from all the beautiful stuff in life.
Mr. Low my English Junior teacher once told the class “Life is all about taking risks, if you aren’t taking risks in life, then how will you know if you got accepted or not? How would you know if you could do it or not? The only way you will know is by taking risks”.
Once he said this, it really got to me. It had me thinking a lot because I would just keep myself away from all the freedom I could've felt. All the fun things I could have done.
The fear we have of getting out from our comfort zone is tough but once we get rid of it, we get to experience the world. Once I stepped out from mine, I noticed what life really meant; it meant for me that taking risks was the way of living.
I was always that one shy girl in class, the one that would freak out once the teacher called me to answer a math problem. The one who had so much trouble making friends due to rejection. The one who couldn’t say how she felt about something or someone. It was just all uncomfortable for me, I always thought that I was never going to step out from my zone.
According to www.theplanetd.com it is explained that stepping out from your comfort zone means doing something that you don’t feel comfortable with doing. The word “Comfort Zone” clearly says it.
There was a time where I was slowly getting out from my comfort zone, where I would join events with my friends. An event I remember was back in 5th grade, when all the 5th graders would dance in front of the whole school. Sometimes when we would practice I wouldn’t be comfortable touching peoples hands. When it was someone I knew I didn’t mind. But since we would practice everyday I got used to it and then got comfortable.
Back in 6th grade I remember the first day of school, I didn’t know anyone due to the fact that I was the new girl. When it was lunch, I tried to make friends but I would just get rejected. I didn’t understand why but I just dealt with it. I would just sit in a corner. I was getting comfortable with my own space, with myself. I knew it was a bad thing but I was just so happy.
Middle School came, I had a few friends; but as we know friends come and go. I was just so used to being alone. My comfort zone was just with me all the time. But once I had to communicate with people and present powerpoints to the class, it was a big problem.
My heart would beat so fast that I felt like it would just pop! I would be so nervous that I would start sweating. My legs would start shaking. Everyone would wait for me to start the presentation. Once I felt comfortable I just went for it.
Highschool came, that’s where I knew that I had to step out from my comfort zone. I started communicating with my teammates in class. I started to make new friends. Even though there were times where I was scared to communicate with people I still managed to talk to them.
I was getting tired of being scared of everything, it made me weak. I knew that it made me feel down, It would walk me away from all the beautiful stuff in life.
Mr. Low my English Junior teacher once told the class “Life is all about taking risks, if you aren’t taking risks in life, then how will you know if you got accepted or not? How would you know if you could do it or not? The only way you will know is by taking risks”.
Once he said this, it really got to me. It had me thinking a lot because I would just keep myself away from all the freedom I could've felt. All the fun things I could have done.
The website called www.forbes.com gives out examples on how people can get out from the zone. Such as when feeling stressed or discomfort, it’s helpful to remind yourself that some of the best things happen outside of the comfort zone. Another big way to crawl away from it, is giving yourself small activities as challenges. An example could be asking someone for help even if you don’t need it.
Such as said I started to challenge myself as well. I started participating on more events in school. I started making new friends. One day in my Journalism class we had to get into partners to play a game. We had to play “20 questions”, it’s a game where the other person has to guess the item with only asking questions.
My partner was Diana Cardenas, I didn’t know her at all but just the way we communicated with each other made me feel comfortable. The item she had to guess were earphones and I had to guess a strawberry. It was a fun process because it was all fun and laughs. We then started knowing each other and it felt like I could tell her EVERYTHING like literally everything. It seemed like she was also comfortable with me.
Diana: “I felt nervous, I didn’t know anyone from the class, I seen you around so I was not that nervous. Once we started talking I thought you were pretty chill”.
Diana and I got along very well. There was a time where we had different people sit in our group table. It was Diana, Rodrigo,Itzel and I, we all sat together.
Something that surprised me was that the moment they sat next to us, I already felt comfortable with them. We all did. So comfortable that over time we would tell each other everything.
Diana felt comfortable with them too. “I didn’t really mind, I knew itzel but It was nice because it made me know her a lot more. I thought Rodrigo would’ve been more quiet but he would talk about anime and about memes which was really funny. “
We would all express our feelings to each other without being afraid. We would say anything because we knew that we weren’t going to get judged by each other.
Rodrigo believes that we have such a great bond with each other. “ We have such a great bond because we tell each other jokes and share stories with one another “.
All our personalities just connected so well. Our group is always full of happiness.
Itzel felt when the connection was getting stronger. “ We have equally cringy behavior and we have a lot in common. I feel like we got more along with each other because of the atmosphere, it was welcoming and comfortable”
We’re so loud that our teacher Tinoco tells us to be quiet. The case is that we have so much energy once we all sit next to each other.
They were the missing pieces that I had left to complete my puzzle. It soon became to me as if they were already becoming a part of my life; part of my family.
Every time we have Journalism class we have to get a chromebook, Rodrigo is always the first one that gets us our computers. We then have a war against each other. It is shown that who ever gets “Necked” has to put all the computers away. Us having this small war just unites us all.
We then decided to take the group name as “The Raw Chickens”. You see this happened due to Diana spamming our group chat with images of raw chickens. But that’s our friendship.
I look back at all the accomplishments I have made, all the risks that I took to get to this point in life. I joined events at school such as spirit week, cheering in the stairs with my class, becoming editor in chief for my journalism class, making new amazing friends. I feel like I took a huge step in my life. But on some real sh*t this is just the beginning.
Such as said I started to challenge myself as well. I started participating on more events in school. I started making new friends. One day in my Journalism class we had to get into partners to play a game. We had to play “20 questions”, it’s a game where the other person has to guess the item with only asking questions.
My partner was Diana Cardenas, I didn’t know her at all but just the way we communicated with each other made me feel comfortable. The item she had to guess were earphones and I had to guess a strawberry. It was a fun process because it was all fun and laughs. We then started knowing each other and it felt like I could tell her EVERYTHING like literally everything. It seemed like she was also comfortable with me.
Diana: “I felt nervous, I didn’t know anyone from the class, I seen you around so I was not that nervous. Once we started talking I thought you were pretty chill”.
Diana and I got along very well. There was a time where we had different people sit in our group table. It was Diana, Rodrigo,Itzel and I, we all sat together.
Something that surprised me was that the moment they sat next to us, I already felt comfortable with them. We all did. So comfortable that over time we would tell each other everything.
Diana felt comfortable with them too. “I didn’t really mind, I knew itzel but It was nice because it made me know her a lot more. I thought Rodrigo would’ve been more quiet but he would talk about anime and about memes which was really funny. “
We would all express our feelings to each other without being afraid. We would say anything because we knew that we weren’t going to get judged by each other.
Rodrigo believes that we have such a great bond with each other. “ We have such a great bond because we tell each other jokes and share stories with one another “.
All our personalities just connected so well. Our group is always full of happiness.
Itzel felt when the connection was getting stronger. “ We have equally cringy behavior and we have a lot in common. I feel like we got more along with each other because of the atmosphere, it was welcoming and comfortable”
We’re so loud that our teacher Tinoco tells us to be quiet. The case is that we have so much energy once we all sit next to each other.
They were the missing pieces that I had left to complete my puzzle. It soon became to me as if they were already becoming a part of my life; part of my family.
Every time we have Journalism class we have to get a chromebook, Rodrigo is always the first one that gets us our computers. We then have a war against each other. It is shown that who ever gets “Necked” has to put all the computers away. Us having this small war just unites us all.
We then decided to take the group name as “The Raw Chickens”. You see this happened due to Diana spamming our group chat with images of raw chickens. But that’s our friendship.
I look back at all the accomplishments I have made, all the risks that I took to get to this point in life. I joined events at school such as spirit week, cheering in the stairs with my class, becoming editor in chief for my journalism class, making new amazing friends. I feel like I took a huge step in my life. But on some real sh*t this is just the beginning.