I am quiet. Talking with people was never my strong suit. My heart raced every time I would need to communicate with a stranger, let alone a classmate or teacher. I noticed that I believed the idea that if I messed up during this one conversation, a small part of my life would be ruined. So I set out to defeat this part of my life that was preventing me from being my best. The way I decided to overcome this was by getting a job that required constant one on one interaction. The job was scooping ice cream, which seems irrelevant to some, but provided a drastic change for me. Many of these changes were brought on by the things that happened at my job. From a customer fainting, to customers getting unnecessarily mad for messing up their order,
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This problem was my lack of the ability to talk with both the customers and with my coworkers. However, the harsh reality was that I knew I had to get over this fear or problem, whatever it was. I actually started adjusting to this new community of people. I found that the longer I had worked, the easier it became to talk with other workers and with the plethora of customers I had to face everyday. The way I threw myself into conversing with all these people was my way of forcing myself to conquer my irrational fears. The thought of stuttering during a conversation used to make my palms sweat, but after months of interacting with large amounts of people, the fear in the back of my mind gradually dissipated. Even if I did end up screwing up while they order, I discovered most people were very accepting, which definitely helped me to realize it was okay. Not only that, but there are so many people that order from me and have visible and audible signs of nervousness. I find this extremely ironic because I know I used to be in that same position.
Through these experiences I learned that escaping your comfort zone is so much easier than I previously thought. I can now easily apply my newly gained self-assurance to both day to day problems and larger decisions I may need to make in the future. Escaping my comfort zone once gave me the confidence to do it again
This problem was my lack of the ability to talk with both the customers and with my coworkers. However, the harsh reality was that I knew I had to get over this fear or problem, whatever it was. I actually started adjusting to this new community of people. I found that the longer I had worked, the easier it became to talk with other workers and with the plethora of customers I had to face everyday. The way I threw myself into conversing with all these people was my way of forcing myself to conquer my irrational fears. The thought of stuttering during a conversation used to make my palms sweat, but after months of interacting with large amounts of people, the fear in the back of my mind gradually dissipated. Even if I did end up screwing up while they order, I discovered most people were very accepting, which definitely helped me to realize it was okay. Not only that, but there are so many people that order from me and have visible and audible signs of nervousness. I find this extremely ironic because I know I used to be in that same position.
Through these experiences I learned that escaping your comfort zone is so much easier than I previously thought. I can now easily apply my newly gained self-assurance to both day to day problems and larger decisions I may need to make in the future. Escaping my comfort zone once gave me the confidence to do it again