Moving On.

Some of the best advice I have ever heard wasn't even directed to me, but it is so applicable to my life, as well as everyone else's we should all follow it. That advice is "Get Uncomfortable." So many times I find myself comfortable with what I am doing work-wise, learning-wise, spiritually, physically, my surroundings, who I associate with. And then it strikes me, yes, I am happy, but, I am capable of so much more, and I crave progress and change. Then it is time to get uncomfortable. My sister's boyfriend shared this "motto" with her while serving his mission in Eugene, Oregon. It has made a great impact in my life. I decided to get out of my fabulous work that I loved and enjoyed at the dental office to go back and finish my degree in culinary arts. I knew I was going to take a MASSIVE pay-cut  lose my benefits, I was going to have to move to a new city, I was going to have to pay tuition and start working in an environment I wasn't so pleased with. But I bit the bullet and dove right in, if my former fiance did anything positive to change my life, this was it. He encouraged me to move forward and learn and grow and accomplish the goals I had set for myself years prior. I wish I could have had the same impact on his life, he is an individual who is sitting ultra comfortably in life with no willingness to take a step back to leap forward. He seems to have an incredibly hard time moving on. He has lived in Ogden all but maybe 13 months out of his 33 years, he lives insanely close to his mom, he is struggling moving on past our relationship although it ended at the beginning of July (that was almost five months ago, folks!), he wants to get his PhD. but won't move from Ogden, he limits his career options because he is not willing to move, and he is trying to live as if he were still in college. I am not criticizing him, but I never want to be stuck in a rut like this. I truly hope the best for the guy and that he can find the strength to move forward with his life and not be scared to chase his dreams (except for me, thank you, let go of that dream). Trust me, I have been stuck in my ruts, hell, I still am stuck in a couple, but as long as we are putting forth the effort to move forward and trying hard to overcome. Do you have a dream that you are too scared to fulfill? Well my friend, let us both jump with both feet forward towards our bigger, brighter futures. 

"The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers."

 -Scott Peck