Uncomfortable feelings come in all shapes and sizes. Some things make you feel mildly uncomfortable, while others make you feel supremely uncomfortable. Sometimes to the point of fear. Whatever it is that makes you feel uncomfortable usually falls into one of two categories. Something you don't want to do,
and something you shouldn't do.


Feeling uncomfortable because it's something you don't want to do, is a clear indicator that it should be done. It's almost always something that, in hindsight, you regret the outcome if you didn't go for it. Whether it's approaching a love interest, performing in front of people, or bungee-jumping. If you throw caution to the wind and just do, you'll find them to be incredibly enriching experiences.

It's also a vicious cycle, the more you put yourself out there, and do uncomfortable things, the happier you become with yourself. Which results in it being easier for you to shed uncomfortable feelings, which allows you to freely attempt adventurous activities.

Then there is the uncomfortable feeling you get when you're faced with something you shouldn't do. It's staring you right in the face. You know you shouldn't do it. Your friends tell you, you shouldn't  do it. Even the universe will give you subtle signs that no, you shouldn't do it. Yet none of us are perfect, and sometimes we do it.

Almost all the time those things back-fire. You look back right after you did it, and shake your head telling yourself you're better than that. You look back several months after you did it ,and shake your head, looking at the long list of consequences and situations that have stemmed from that one decision. You look back several years after you did it, and wonder what made you think it was such a good idea in the first place as , you guessed it, you shake your head.

I said almost all the time they back-fire. That's because sometimes they don't. Sometimes they work out, not because every once in a while bad decisions are rewarded. They aren't. They work out because it wasn't a bad decision in the first place. It was a choice that made you so uncomfortable you took it from the "I don't want to do it" pile: To the "I shouldn't do it pile."

Look out for those, they are the ones you need to do above all else.

-Doug





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