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Chasing Discomfort

This blog post I’m going to write about today is something I want to have more of. I want to be chasing discomfort and understanding why it’s important for growth.

The world we live in today is getting more and more comfortable compared if you looked back 200 years ago.

Life has never been easier. You want food, we just go to the Supermarket or if we want to wash our clothes we just use the washing machine.

We don’t have to hunt any more and we definitely don’t have to wash our clothes by hand. Of course around the world, not everyone is living in comfort but on the whole, especially in the western world, we are for sure.

Looking Back On Past Experiences

When we look back on our own life, of course, we see the challenges and the hurdles we have faced. When I looked deeper and analysed my past it just shows me how comfortable a lot of my life has been.

In the short term, comfortability feels great like a warm shower or comfy bed to snuggle into. In the long term is the habit of being comfortable making us happy or is it creating amazing moments.

When we feel comfortable that’s a sign that we are safe and that was important thousands of years ago to know when we should rest the body and mind. When it comes to a fulfilling life it just doesn’t cut it.

Prime examples in my life of when being comfortable held me back were when I worked in sales and marketing. Before I joined the company I thought tooth and nail to get it.

Within my first weeks, I was engaged and was learning at a rapid rate. Then when I applied all the information I became great at it.

Then the learning stopped, I knew everyone and everything and it became autopilot and that’s when I stopped progressing and as the months went on, I was on the decline and I didn’t know why.

Reflecting Why Being Comfortable Can Hold You Back

On reflection, it was down to finding my comfortability zone. This zone doesn’t want you to learn, meet new people or push yourself for the next challenge, it just wants you to stay where you are, and that’s safe.

I have countless experiences where being comfortable has held me back and I’m sure you have to. How frustrating is it when you look back and you didn’t say yes to something that would have been life-changing or just an amazing experience.

It came to point in my life at 30 where this can no longer go on. This can not be my norm for the rest of my life. Especially after seeing it make people miserable with their choices and actions as they have got older.

So I have challenged my self to chase discomfort on a regular basis. Is it going to be difficult? HELL YES! Everything inside you is going to say “no don’t do it just be comfortable”. That’s when we have to consciously take over and say “YES LETS JUST DO IT”

Some things I have challenged myself do are,

Create a YouTube channel and post weekly
Post pictures of myself and my story on social media
Do Yoga every day for 30 days
Climb the 3 peaks of the United Kingdom

All 4 definitely make me feel out of my comfort zone. So I challenge you to find 4 things for the next 30 days, that you can overcome your fear or doubt of by taking action and chasing discomfort.

Hang Around The Right People

Within your life, you will have many different challenges you have to overcome. Make sure you tap into that. It will give you the confidence to know you can do it again.

Plus having people around you who motivate and hold you accountable is important for your ability to persevere in the challenge.

Of course when you start telling people what you’re going to do. You’re going to find two types of people. The ones that will say “This is an amazing idea, I’ve always wanted to this too, your so brave” and you have someone else say “You are crazy, it’s never going to work”

Please do not listen to the latter because they are just giving you their own insecurity on how they think they can’t do it. Trust me you definitely can, we are designed to overcome challenges. It’s all in the mind.

Track Your Progress

When you start your challenges make sure you have a journal or a wall chart to track your progress.

Digesting your progress is so valuable to unlocking your accomplishments. It allows you to see where you need to improve. You can either do this by writing it down or videoing yourself. Plus one day someone may need help with overcoming the challenge your facing.

Some challenges need a visual aid to show your progress. For instance, doing the 30-day mile club where on the first of the month you run 1 mile. Then increase it a mile each day.

Tracking your progress not only shows what you have achieved. It shows the vision of how you’re going to achieve the task which both are motivational.

Find A Mentor

When starting any challenge you know it’s going have a lot more downs than ups. That’s why it can be important to have a mentor. They can either guide you or motivate you towards your goals.

You can find these mentors anywhere. You can watch them on Youtube and see how they broke through the barriers of their journey or you could hire one.

On any journey whether your an athlete or starting a business. Having a mentor helps you get to your endpoint faster rather than you having to go the long way around.

As painful and fun that might be, it’s not the smartest route you can take.

To Conclude

I hope this gives you greater insight into chasing discomfort and why it’s important for growth. Also why it’s important to apply it in your daily life.

Since I have been conscious of this I have become more confident, daring and adventurous because of it. It’s still a journey I’m on but one that’s so rewarding.

Imagine living a life where you don’t fear anything because you have overcome them all. That’s a life worth living and one where anything is possible.

So make a list of what discomforts you want to overcome. Then comment them below and where we can track your progress. Maybe one day we can do them together.

FUTURE MINDSET

At Future Mindset, we are here to push the boundaries of our thoughts and actions. By chasing discomfort in our lives, it can lead us to unlock things inside us we never knew was there. Let’s change our mindset to change our future.

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Thank you so much for your support and would love to discuss any comments on this post and if you have any suggestions on future posts I’m more than happy to research and deliver that for you.

Chase discomfort and have a great day wherever you are!

Why Cleaning Is Great For Our Mental well-being?

Positive Effects Of Cleanliness with a dust pan and brush

As small kids, we have all been there when a person of authority has asked us to tidy our bedroom. My mum loved telling me to do this. I did hate it when I had to do it or help tidy downstairs. Maybe it’s because we were forced to do it and didn’t know the positive effects of cleanliness on the mind.

As an adult, I now know that it doesn’t only make your home or office space look neat but it’s great for decluttering the mind. A clean home equals a focused mind we like to say. You know the feeling you get when you have tidied up the whole house? How well does it feel? That’s a cleansing of the mind. A declutter of a negative atmosphere into a positive one.

As a father now, I see my younger self in my son. Especially, when we ask him to tidy up. At 6 years old we are trying to instil this positive habit in him as this is a great tool for the mind. Especially when it comes to focusing and creative thinking.

So in today’s blog post as you saw from the title – we will discuss the positive effects of cleanliness on the mind and how it has helped me. Also why tidying up is great for the mindset and how you can apply it to.

The Positive Effects

Boost your energy

When you clean your home or workspace it really does give you a boost of energy. You feel like you have accomplished something. We all know the feeling when we have succeeded or won a race. You get the same feeling from cleaning and your energy will be at a higher level for the rest of the day.

Create a new direction

Before you tidy up anything. You always have in mind how you would like the room to look after it’s done. This is a great tool for helping you move forward in your life. It can also help plan a new direction you want in your life too. It’s as if it has accessed the visualisation part of your brain and unlocks new possibilities for your future.

It calms your mind and reduces stress and anxiety

An untidy home can boost stress and anxiety tenfold. That’s why it super important to have a clean home and workspace. Especially if you are under stress at work or feeling anxious about things in your life. Cleaning has been proved to releases these tensions and I have experienced this too. Whilst you’re cleaning with the music in the background you start to feel more relaxed in the process. I definitely find cleaning quite therapeutic.

Its a form of meditation

Meditation is a great way to calm the mind and it’s something I practice daily. When cleaning, I get the same calming feeling too. With stresses of my life slowly going away whilst cleaning the dishes. With the repetitive actions is similar to the repetitive breathing techniques which is easy for the brain to perform without thinking too much. With the music on in the background, it also helps put you into a calm happy state similar to if you were hearing the wind chimes. Overall cleaning can help you get into that Zen state and help you feel better about yourself.

It tells you a lot about how you are feeling

How tidy your home can look can tell you a lot about how you’re feeling. If the hoover hasn’t been out in a while or those dishes are endlessly piling up. Something is wrong in your life that needs to be addressed. It has been proven that the tidiness of your space has an effect on your self-worth. So by just getting started to clean your space. You can start to form new pathways ahead and build your self worth with an amazing tidy up which can create a fresh win. It can be a symbolic message of change and the formation of new thoughts. Straight after cleaning, get your journal out and start planning for your future and what you want to change.

It’s a mini-workout

I don’t know about you but every time I clean, the sweat starts rolling off my back. Some tasks can take 20 mins and deep clean could take over an hour. Your body is moving repetitively for a long period of time so those calories are definitely burning off. You could actually look at cleaning as part of your exercise routine for the day.

A healthier family

Regular cleaning is also crucial for keeping you and your family healthy. With mould, a build-up of dust, bacteria on a worktop surface if left unclean can cause health problems. That’s why it’s important to clean regularly to make sure your health is not put at risk. A top tip is cleaning up after you have used something. Try having a day out of your week that’s designed for just cleaning. Your health will thank you for it.

Less maintenance

With regular cleaning, a great benefit is less maintenance on your home. Especially if you want your deposit back if you’re a renter. Keeping up to date takes away the pain of doing everything all at once which for me is painful. So I would set a list of things that are terrible to clean after long term use. I would do this once a month so you can keep up to date with your cleaning and then you will have less time for you to worry about it.

Overall the positive effects of cleanliness on the mind clearly show cleaning is essential for your mental well-being and for your health. It can be a great way to unwind and after a busy day a chance to do something simple and easy to accomplish. By planning and scheduling times to clean, it can also really help because if you don’t it will hit you all at once. As this is a real pain for everyone. Apply these tips and you see the benefits. SO GET CLEANING!

FUTURE MINDSET

For all of our latest blog posts on developing your mindset, make sure you sign up to our weekly newsletter to stay informed. Thank you so much for your support and would love to discuss any comments on this post and if you have any suggestions on future posts I’m more than happy to research and deliver that for you.

Chase discomfort and have a great day wherever you are!