Your Next Best Self
Do you sometimes think that if you are living well that you shouldn't have to struggle?
Many of us have the idea that life should be easier more comfortable, and that we should always be happy when we are trying to be really good people.
And yet, when we take the time to slow down and think about it, it doesn't really make any sense.
When it is time for us to evolve, change is required — and change is rarely comfortable.
If our only goal in life is to be comfortable, happy, and have an easy life, it's a guarantee that we will not be growing.
Because evolving into a better version of ourselves means we're going to have to struggle and be uncomfortable.
And because it's uncomfortable, the primitive part of our brain just doesn't want to do it.
It doesn't want to evolve, and it will give us a lot of pushback.
But when we decide that it's time to move forward, it's important to really understand our why.
A good, solid why will help our pre-frontal cortex override our primitive brain and take the necessary steps to begin evolving.
So, ask yourself, what is the benefit to evolving, making the change you're thinking of making, and what is the cost of not evolving, of staying the same?
This is how you find your why.
But until we have grown enough that our primitive brain is comfortable with the change, it will fight us and continually tell us why this growth is such a bad idea.
And if our why is compelling enough, our pre-frontal cortex will out-think our primitive brain and give us the drive to keep pushing forward.
As we evolve, it will become more and more comfortable. But at the beginning, be ready for a lot of discomfort.
When we remember that discomfort is the price we pay for evolving into our better selves, it can be easier to stay the uncomfortable path of growth.
