I love comfort and luxury. I wonder whether I should label myself a plain lazy bug. It might be that I’m more of a coward, I guess, who doesn’t want to do uncomfortable, inconvenient things because she’s afraid of spending the effort in vain. Moreover, the results are uncertain. My friends would probably laugh at this because they know me as a person who always has multiple projects to do. They probably wouldn’t accuse me of laziness or cowardice. Alas, this unpleasant truth keeps lurking somewhere around the corner, doing her best to look inconspicuous. Well, I have uncovered it, dear Watson!

Tony Robbins is a man who has achieved incredible success in his life and has changed the lives of millions of people by the example of his life. Reading his articles and some of his books for over half a year now, I’m slowly getting what motives confine us to our comfort zone. It is not, supposedly, simple laziness. It’s a lack of vision and not trusting ourselves enough. Tony Robbins says you have to know precisely WHAT you want, WHY you want it. Only then do you think about HOW you are going to get it. That is lovely. Unfortunately, if we want to achieve a goal, it requires “massive action”. That means a huge amount of dedicated and concentrated effort directed towards a specific goal. It reminds me of the saying, “No pain, no gain.” Too bad. The worst part is that just some clueless busyness doesn’t count. It should be massive UNCOMFORTABLE action. Uncomfortable action.

I realized that whenever I should commit to an uncomfortable activity or an activity where there is the danger of failing or embarrassing myself, I suddenly have a mountain of (unimportant) work to do. So today, I said to myself, if it’s on my agenda, I’ll just grit my teeth and get on with it. Even if the outcome is uncertain and failure possible.

I started lightly. In the morning, I just get changed into my swimmers and go for a swim in the neighbors’ pond. Easy. It is 20 °C outside. Just wait and see when it is a pleasant freezing November morning… On the way back, I thought it would help me set up my days in the way they can be a waltz from one uncomfortable activity to another. If I add the emotion of joy and excitement, I might even start to look forward to it! If you notice such an attitude, please do not report me to a psychiatric clinic. Thank you in advance!