There's some cliche out there that says that you grow fastest out of your comfort zone. Now I'm all for evolution, change, and genetically engineered super-soldiers with nerves of steel, but when you exit the smooth, slightly curving red-tinged passageways of the comfort zone, sometimes it feels like you're being dumped out of a twisting, opaque water slide into a splashdown pool with your plastic ride blocking your line of sight. Takes a while to get your bearings.
I'm sure everyone has a different response after that. For some, after the initial shock and awe, the survival instinct kicks in. Adrenaline flows and no matter how much you were possibly asleep or removed or out of touch with reality, you quickly being to morph into that super-soldier.
One of the things that has to be gained back as you reclaim your mojo is stuff to look forward to. It may be something totally different from when you first entered the slide, but it becomes a reference point and a compass, which are things all commandos need, at least in movies. For example, two things I look forward to are leaping into the pool in the morning, in the lane marked "slow", and blowing past all the wannabes who fight the water like it's their mortal enemy. And then the overpriced smoothie from upstairs after that.
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