Comfort zone

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What kind of things have you done lately that are not in your comfort zone?

Tell customers no when it was appropriate and necessary to do so.

I took my son trick or treating. It's definitely way outside of my comfort zone, but I'm glad I did it, as usual.

I had some dental surgery that took quite a while. I could barely keep my mouth open towards the end of the procedure. My mouth muscles had given up.

Signing up for ball hockey was well outside my comfort zone, but it's really hard to play by yourself so I had to real choice.

Started being firmer about collecting money owed to me. Sent a bunch of texts/couple calls. Collected a fair bit within a few days, actually.

Started saying "No," to lending money I know will likely never be repaid. Enough. Stop the bleeding. I have plenty of other uses for money.

Was very critical of a contractor-partner's financial/business math vs. silent. If I let him do his math (wrong) I'd have lost another few hundred dollars. Then I told him flat out his pricing math is not viable -> there's a reason competitors charge twice as much and it's not that they're price gouging.. it's that they're earning a living and you're not. He shortly after decided we can't work together. Uuuh, no s**t Sherlock.. if we work for the charity prices you're charging clients then neither of us is going to make any money.

I'm on the cusp of getting a few tax paperwork things sorted out, too. It's been a few years and it's stupid to let it all linger and cause stress vs. just deal with it and move on.

I guess I've been channelling my father's "get things done," mentality lately. I know if I don't get out of my complacent comfort zone and get these things done that I won't move forward getting other things done and I'll end up just going through the motions of doing only what I minimally need to and not accomplish any other goals. So, forcing myself to get things done.

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No for supporting trump. Because doing so is deplorable.

I went to a super busy Walmart to buy some cleaning supplies not available at my local Walmart.
I could buy them from Amazon at 3x the price!
After I bought my stuff I walked over and looked at the roads to make sure I left via the easiest route.
Noted the no left turn sign. I didn't want to mess with the convoluted highways.

I beat the lunchtime crowd and bought some chicken tenders at Popeye's near that Walmart.

I was planning to but some 50% off Halloween candy but the store was too busy and I decided to skip that.
Afterwards I went to an Asian market to buy some snacks instead.

I have to drive to the nearest large town to get a full set of tires put on.Two hours round trip.
Will be in a large noisy Walmart while they do it.

Oh I hate supermarkets. In fact I'm not too keen on going out. I wouldn't say I'm agoraphobic well I'm not but I just love my home comforts.

I wasn't like this until about 7 or 8 years ago so I think it's just a time of life thing for me.

I'm attempting to write an invoice as we speak....

I have started to say no to people.