When you're up against a deadline how do you get the writing done? Thoughts on the discomfort of writing and how to handle it - with a smattering of advice from Oliver Burkeman.
"The opposite of the comfort zone is a zone of panic".
If I may gently suggest, that's one possible opposite. What if another possible opposite were adventure and exploration into the unknown? Excitement vs fear. Like stage fright - am I scared to death? Building my energy to have the needed momentum? Both? Neither?
These have similar physiological effects, so what if we could choose how to interpret the discomfort?
Yes, you are absolutely right, but what is interesting is that exact bit you quote is taken from an NHS internal training document - so while it's not a medical definition it is what the NHS uses to train its staff. It's says a lot about language shaping behaviour!
Thank you, Bec. I am definitely in the ‘keep going’ camp and this post has helped me do just that!
I am so pleased it motivated you to KEEP GOING!
"The opposite of the comfort zone is a zone of panic".
If I may gently suggest, that's one possible opposite. What if another possible opposite were adventure and exploration into the unknown? Excitement vs fear. Like stage fright - am I scared to death? Building my energy to have the needed momentum? Both? Neither?
These have similar physiological effects, so what if we could choose how to interpret the discomfort?
Yes, you are absolutely right, but what is interesting is that exact bit you quote is taken from an NHS internal training document - so while it's not a medical definition it is what the NHS uses to train its staff. It's says a lot about language shaping behaviour!