Comfort Zone

Going outside of your comfort zone will help you in the long run. I would know. Because I've tried many things that were outside of my comfort zone that I feel have paid off today.

For instance, I joined the debating team when I was in MRSM Langkawi. I had no clue what so ever on how to debate at that time. It was my first time joining the debating team and quite honestly I was scared as hell. I would admit that at the moment I wasn't that good in debating. (nor am I saying that I'm good at it now). But I learned plenty from my coaching teacher and from my teammates and at the very least, I didn't embarrass myself on stage.

The experience that I got from that venture has helped me somewhat today. For instance, I don't get the jitters when I give a presentation. I've learned to pace myself when I talk. The usual "umm" and "aaaa" that people give during their presentations, I don't do. And most importantly, before giving a presentation I would study study study the material first hand. Of course, there will be questions thrown at me that are just on top of my head and I would be unable to answer them. But that's expected.

Sometimes it isn't what you're saying but how you're saying it.

Another experience that I would like to share is how I conquered my fear of heights. Since I was small I was always afraid of heights. Just looking down from a building would make my palms sweat... and make that certain body part giggle. Haha.

But I didn't want the fear of heights get the best of me. So what did I do? I jumped off a plane. Yep. I went skydiving. Now, everytime someone gives me a hard time for not going on a roller coaster ride I just tell 'em that I've already jumped out of a plane. *Take that! Kapow! Trump card unveiled!*

My last experience I'd like to jot down here is my fear of writing. Yep. I was always afraid of people seeing my writing. I feel like you put a lot of thought process to your writing and certain people out there don't try to read your writings for the message that you are trying to convey but keep on trying to find flaws in your writing. Those people don't get the point. Grammatical errors and mistakes in detail (once I said state of Chicago and someone corrected me on that "It's city!") are common in writing.

But now look at me ("look at me" *echoing in the background), I'm writing in facebook/blog and everyone can read my thoughts.

Go outside your comfort zone. Be less afraid to make mistakes. Be brave to find challenges and overcome them. It's better to try and fail than to never have tried in the first place.