Break Free from Comfort: The Path to Fulfillment Awaits

November 29th, 2024

By Paul A. Philips

Guest Writer for Wake Up World

Achieving fulfillment is, sadly, something so many people don’t aspire to.

If life could be likened to a game of tennis, then sadly, many people chose to play an eight-year-old! (Some people have to think about this, wondering if they should play someone even younger in case life isn’t easy and they get beaten!)

But, indeed, choosing to make things too easy results in a rather dull, drab, and predictable life.

Some people arrange their lives like this to such an extent that they become what could be called one of the living dead: corpses with heartbeats, doing things on automatic pilot in their comfortable, cozy rut.

Ever get the feeling from time to time that life is too easy and predictable, rather dull, drab, or run-of-the-mill for you? That could be because your life lacks a certain structure for achieving fulfillment.

That is, your life lacks a plan of action to achieve something that would bring fulfillment.

Sometimes, people don’t realize that this is what’s missing in their lives. Just realizing that something more challenging is needed can begin a wonderful journey toward achieving fulfillment.

Escaping your comfort zone

For the most part, to really get something out of life means ‘escaping your comfort zone.’ No longer playing the metaphorical eight-year-old in tennis, how prepared are you to go outside your comfort zone?

What could you do to escape this for a life that’s nurturing and fulfilling…? I ask you to consider this right now.

Before choosing something specific in your life that could bring you satisfaction and achievement, the first thing to realize is that we humans are indeed creatures of habit, but this could hold you back from doing something new.

Whether at the micro-level with DNA to maintain our bodies the same physical way or at the macro-level in our social and behavioral patterns… life is designed to keep things in continuity for us.

However, the best approach for planning a fulfilling life is to see things as an opportunity to create something that disrupts the continuity of our lives to stop us from merely acting out of habit… and the ‘same old, same old…’ This is where the magic starts!

So, look at what needs to be planned. What do you intend to achieve? What are the conditions of satisfaction? Try to be as specific and measurable as possible. Avoid getting caught up in distractions, which can stop you from carrying out the plans and actions that need to be taken to achieve fulfillment.

Consider achieving fulfillment and its make-up as a 3-piece component where all the pieces come together to form a complex when the fulfilling process is complete:

1. You need to have a ‘structure for fulfillment.’ Quite simply, a ‘structure for fulfillment’ means what you want to achieve that would bring contentment, wholeness, completion, retirement, gratification or self-expression, satisfaction, joy, etc.…. to your life.

You’ve heard of designer kitchens, designer clothes, designer décor, etc. Well, how about designer life? Now is the opportunity to design whatever you want to achieve for a fulfilling life!

2. The second piece in this 3-piece component lays down the conditions of satisfaction that determine how fulfillment will be achieved. Be specific and measurable. For instance, I will achieve ‘X’ by time ‘Y.’

For example, if you were a golfer, your conditions of satisfaction could be, “I will win the trophy in the golf competition I have entered by the end of this month.”

Another example is if you were a student: I will achieve my master’s degree by next June.

You, see?

If you’re not specific and measurable, then how can you be sure of achieving fulfillment?

For instance, you could be a writer and simply firmly say, “I will get a publishing deal from my manuscript.” This is not enough. Because you didn’t give a timeline (by when), you could end up forever waiting to get that publishing deal and eventually get it when you’re too old and frail to reap the benefits!

3. Finally, the last and 3rd piece is where it all comes together: The area of communication.

You use the area of communication to handle the ‘nuts and bolts’ of your specified target for achieving fulfillment and conditions of satisfaction.

Communication is defined as speaking and listening. Some people may be amazed how much can be done through effective communication; the area of speaking and listening.

Most people readily identify with communication with speaking, but how many truly realize how empowering it is to have effective listening?

Summary

To summarize. Life may be rather dull, boring, or drab. What’s missing is the realization that there is a lack of a ‘structure for fulfillment.’

That is, what’s needed is to:

1. Design and plan something that requires escaping the comfort zone, something that will bring contentment, joy, etc.…. to your life through achieving fulfillment.
2. Be specific about the resulting conditions of satisfaction that confirm your achievement and fulfillment.
3. The above joins up with the 3rd component that brings everything together: Working in the area of communication.

The ball is in your court. It’s now up to you!

What is it you want to achieve in your life?

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About the Author:

My blogs, along with the related alternative news website iNewParadigm.com, are about my belief that we can create a world that makes a difference for everyone.

I had graduated in biomedical sciences and worked for a number of years in healthcare. I am now a retiree. My website is slanted on health matters.

However, over the years, I have come to the firm conclusion that practically every subject under the sun needs redefining using more truthful, honest, and integral approaches in theory and practice, hence the website’s name ‘New Paradigm’

From these new approaches, from the ‘imagination of ourselves,’ from our visions… a ‘new era’ in humanity can result!

This article was first published on iNewParadigm.com and republished here with permission.