I have the great pleasure of posting here, I hope I adhere to the community rules. With my life view, I thought it would be as simple as ABC to pass the stage of transformation.
I have started feeling comfortable and feeling like there are nothing better than remaining in one position in life.
Until the economy changed, I never knew that there is a need to stand for myself.
I am now a corp member and I graduated from University a couple of years ago. Being a corp member is a system set by the government for immediate graduates to serve in any part of the world.
At first, I never took it seriously because I thought that it would not be necessary to be a corp member.
When my desire towards it is small. I had a chance to work somewhere and I was thinking about myself starting small.
The organization began to grow, the opportunities available increases gradually.
As a part of the organisation, I saw that it's not that easy to get a better spot in the organisation without striving for it.
I wanted to enjoy asmuch as I could, this made me to request the opportunity to leave for a while so that l would finish my corp service and come back with the certificate, so I could present it when requested for.
I took the first step, which is registration. I had to wait for the call-up letter, as this will enable me to know where I have been posted to.
I have already stopped working and my salary also was stopped. I was eager so that I won't be broke. After a few months, the long-awaited letter came.
Finance: I will be paid allowance monthly during the service, a certain amount which should sustain my feeding.
Whatever it is I am being paid, I should learn how to manage it well because that is what I might be able to get for now.
The journey from my state to where I was posted to is more than half a day. I knew what it takes to endure sitting down.
I just started last serving last month. I feel uncomfortable with the thought that I will be paid to feed myself for the next one year.
I took a few pictures on my way, I almost got to this place then. Things feel different around here.
I have to make new friends, visit new places, and have a new hobby, other than what I was having before.
Service is just like taking care of a baby, it takes a lot of your time.
If you can take advantage of it, you can become another person, one that you will appreciate very well in the future.
Life outside the comfort zone may be funny because you might not enjoy it at first moment. Outside the comfort zone, a man will learn by default how to survive.
As someone who has greatly adapted to comfort, you can't even stand yourself. Without the comfort zone, you are so focused on what you were or what you can do that you live in constant struggle with great desire.
My time is no longer mine for pleasure, I can say that my priorities have changed. I can't laugh when I think of how I will need divine support.
Life in the comfort zone says, no need to worry.
I have to pay for every service I get now, no more discounts from friends and free tips for appreciation
I need to understand that it was not bad to change. since a philosopher says Change is the only constant in life.
"Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts." -Arnold Bennett-
If someone asked me now if l am happier than before, I would answer without a doubt no.
But I have to accept my new position and think of how to improve myself to fit in.
After a lot of thought about dissatisfaction, I have learned not to ever criticize myself for, making a change or leaving my comfort zone. I have to start to see everything with different eyes.
Final quote, "The price of doing the same old thing is far higher than the price of change." -Bill Clinton-