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We humans tend to limit ourselves in our comfort zones and try to stay in a safe and protected environment most of the time. But hardly does we know that our comfort zone is the biggest hindrance in our lives. I had been a victim of being overprotective about my comfort zone. My comfort zone and happy space for me was my home. I had been a introvert person throughout my life, I still am today.
Since my birth till the age of 22, I hadn't left my house which was my comfort zone. I had always been too shy to go to relatives house for a long time. Hardly had i spent a week away from my house. I went to school and college in nearby areas where I travel from my house everyday. Also during my final days of High School, my school invited all students in the campus to join extra classes after the school. Special arrangements were made for staying but I was too terrified to leave the house. I somehow managed to convince my parents to stay and study at home only.
Then came the dilemma of choosing the college. Because most renowned colleges are far from home and hostel was the only option to board it. I had always feared to stay in hostel. Ultimately my fear of leaving the home won. I enrolled in the local college only. But this all changed soon after graduation. Now I had two options, one stay in my hometown and look for local jobs which were hardly available and mostly underpaid. Or I had to leave the house and move to Big City for better opportunities.
This was definitely a big decision and ultimately i overcome my fears and moved to New Delhi for higher preparations and job search. This was the first time I moved out of the house. The first few months were highly challenging and I was totally lost in the starting. But this is the time when I realised what life is all about. How the fast paced life is in cities. The cut throat competition shown me many bitter truth of life. Many time i thought of giving up and going back to my hometown. During this face, all my relatives and friends from hometown assumed i would not make a life in City. It's not my cut of tea and that i should come back to hometown only. I don't deserve that life. I am not made for it. These are the comments and feedback I got during my struggle days while I was alone surviving in the big city. Many times i thought of giving up and i doubted myself a lot.
But I didn't give and worked very hard everyday through many ups and downs. I did few part time jobs to manage my finances. Meanwhile i struggled alot to make myself ease at the new places and people around me. The amount of hard work and persistence efforts I did was beyond my imagination. It was not achievable for me until I did it. Then I realised that we humans are only bound to our own abilities. There is nothing we can achieve if we our our heart and mind into it. It was totally a surprise for many people when I had secured a reputed job in the city and settled myself well around especially during the high level of rising unemployment in my country. I had definitely outdone myself with sheer hard work and dedication. It seems totally unrealistic when I look back at those days of my life but definitely I am happy and proud of myself for the way i changed my life.
No one can predict our lives and define our boundaries. We should be the only one who have the command of shaping our destiny. This something i had done and seen for myself that Hard work beats talent. No matter whether you are affluent and resourceful. But if you work hard and stay persistence in your efforts, success is bound to happen at some stage of life. Keep working hard for your dreams and never doubt yourself. Challenge yourself to the limits and redefine those limits every single day.