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Comfort Zone and My 7 Cups Journey

aalexana12 December 12th, 2015
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as usual the word limit to post to my feed did not like my rant so i thought that i would try post it to a thread thingy so im sorry if ive posted this to the wrong place or im not supposed to do this :O

Okayyyy so we are doing this big clean of our house which is always cool because you find stuff that youve forgotten about but this time i found something that i though i might share…

i found my year 6 camp book (so i was like ish 10 when at the time) and i was looking through it and i found a poem (not by me but some super cool person whose name i dont know) that i can feel really resonates with me at the moment!

I used to have a comfort zone

where I knew I couldn't fail,

The same four walls of busy work

were really more like a jail

I longed so much to do the things

I'd never done before,

But I stayed inside my comfort zone

and paced the same old floor

I said it didn't matter

that I wasn't doing much,

I said I didn't care for things

like diamonds or furs and such

I claimed to be so busy

with the things inside my zone,

But deep inside I longed for

something special of my own

I couldn't let my life go by

just watching others win,

I held my breath and stepped outside

to let the change begin

I took a step and with new strength

I'd never felt before,

I kissed my comfort zone good bye

and closed and locked the door

If you are in a comfort zone

afraid to venture out,

Remember that all winners

were at one time filled with doubt

A step or two and words of praise

can make your dreams come true

Greet your future with a smile,

success is there for you!

So the poem was really cool i thought and then i turned the next page in my book and i saw my attempt at what i guess was a rendition of the poem from my 10 year old self :P so i would like to share with everyone NATALIES COMPHORT ZONE POME from when all of my poetry used to rhyme.

okay so here we go spelling mistakes, punctuation and all xD …

When I am in my comfort zone, I'm in a place I'm not alone

haveing fun with a friend, I want the time to never end.

Bugs and spiders I do not like, they make me hump and get a fright

When I am out of my comphort zone, sometimes i just want to go home.

This week on camp I know I must,

do diffrent things I do not trust.

No better person I want to become,

no better person I can be,

exept the great better ME!

So ignoring how cringe this is (and taking into account that I have a learning thingy that makes my reading and writing more suckkity sometimes), I think that there is definitely something that I (and maybe some other people too?) can learn from little me…

I am so fortunate now to be surrounded by amazing people here and the support I receive from everyone is more than I could ever ask for. Sometimes i think that we expect too much of ourselves and put unrealistic pressures on ourselves to reach an unattainable level of perfection that although may be desirable, would take away from our quirks that make us ourselves. I have some challenges coming up in the near future that are going to take more strength than i think i have sometimes, but i know that even if i have to step outside of my comphort zone, i have the support from other and myself and, as 10 year old me says, all that i can expect of myself is to try the hardest that i can and be the best me that i can be.

asdfghjkl this was so cheesy and i doubt that anyone will actually bother to take the time to read it but I AM FEELING THE FEELS RIGHT NOW so i dont really care :P

I was going to tag some peeps that are super cool and tell them all of the ways that they have inspired me and helped me immensely but this is waaayyyyyyyy longer than i thought it would be so instead I'm just going to tag them…

@amazingrea @JoyIntoDarkness @221Skye @arxxxh @ImL @Ace13 @Raylen @T1taniumx @pray4theheartless @professionalShoulder56 @annapanda @DatCoreo and there are so many more because everyone is so freaking amazing!!!

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Ace13 December 12th, 2015
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Aww you're so inspiring Alex, thanks for being here <3

aalexana12 OP December 13th, 2015
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@Ace13

im so sorry, i dont know how i didnt see this! but pfffftttttttttttttttt says you, like the most inspiring person ever (with the coolest name too wink)!!!! thanks so much for being such a rad person you are super duper cool and i thank you for your existance because asdfghjkl :p (((if you cant already tell im not great with le words... :p))) SO STAY AWESOME ALEXXXX

Ace13 December 13th, 2015
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@aalexana12 says the person with the best name ever ;) <3

aalexana12 OP December 14th, 2015
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@Ace13

Says the person who is NAME TWINS with the person with the best name ever :p

amazingrea December 13th, 2015
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Unrelated to your post, today, I decided my autobiography, shall be named SARCASM WITH A SIDE OF THINLY VEILED CHEESE.booyaa. (if anyone steals that, I am gonna eat them)

^^^^meaning I like cheese, I actually really like all the types of cheese.

Alex, you are so wonderful and I know you have been stepping out of your comfort zone of late, and I am so very honoured to be witness and (maybe possible, hopefully) someone who helps you out with that. #cheeseball

You're on my favourite persons list and among there you shall stay,

I could not be prouder dear, even if you saved the day.

for on this post you spread some cheese

my dear soul, you did please

and ever after I shall plead

and remind you to go out and leave

that comfort zone you chose to build

so many moons ago

but now you see the limitations

and you have begun to know

that in a zone there are four sides

none of which can grow

so lets step out and leave behind

all the crappy and come GLOW!!!

*has reached new level of cheeseballness*

(yeah, don't worry, I know that Shakespeare and Chaucer just rolled in their graves - I thought they could use some exercise :P)

Love you silly ReaBaeby! <3

aalexana12 OP December 13th, 2015
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@amazingrea

you completely just showed up my ten year old poetic skills (THAT I GOT A SMELLY STICKER FOR COUGH COUGH) but i shall forgive you... OF COURSE YOU ARE LIKE ONE OF THE HELPIEST PEEPSICLES I KNOW AND I AM UBERER THANFUL FOR YOU MORE THAN YOU KNOW <<< that dindt make sense but its the thought that counts.AND YOU MAKE THE STEPPING OUT SO MUCH MORE EASIERER AND BETTERER FOR ME.

I GRACIAS YOU FOR GIVING ME ALL THE CHEESE IN THE WORLD TO SPREAD AND HOPE THAT I CAN SPREAD IT GOOD ENOUGH. I HAVE COMPLETELY LOST WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THIS <<<again, its thill the thought that counts... :p))) UGH HOTCHNER WHY YOU DO THIS TO ME????????? LOVE YOU REABAE YOU'RE THE BESTEST FAIRYGODMOTHER LIKE EVERERER AND I AM STILL HUGGUNG YOU FROM LIKE TWO MONTHS AGO BECAUSE I NEVER LET GO SO BAM.

aalexana12 OP December 13th, 2015
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*GOODLY

amazingrea December 13th, 2015
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@aalexana12

Of all the spellingisms that were more ish than usually, you chose to change GOODLY? DUDE YOU BAE, MAAAN.

ALWAYS BLAME HOTCHNER. I LOVE YOU A WHOLE LOT RIGHT NOW AND YOU MADE ME LAUGH OUTLOUD SO WELL DONE FOR THAT!

I am also still hugging you.

aalexana12 OP December 13th, 2015
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@amazingrea

MY PLEASUREER. WAIT NO ACTIALLY I KNOW HOW TO SAY THAT IN FRENCH!!! mon plaisir -- appreciate that i used colour and font cariation from normallness. this is very hard for me :p -- AND OF COURSE I CHANGED GOODLY... WE WOULDNT WANT ME NOT MAKING SENSE... gees sometimes i wonder about you... :p i blame hotchner.

findingbalance95 December 13th, 2015
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@aalexana12 that's a great poem! And i love the feeling of nostalgia you get when you look through old stuff

aalexana12 OP December 13th, 2015
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@findingbalance95

10 year old alexa thanks you heart and yeah it is coooooooooool :p

pray4theheartless December 13th, 2015
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Alexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx this is so super duper radical and amazing and special and I wish I had earl enough because this deserves at least 40 emoticons to show it's amazing-ness

aalexana12 OP December 13th, 2015
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@pray4theheartless

I will tell you a secret but shhhhh... I AM SECRETLY DR PHIL HENCE THE AMAZINGNEsS because pff im not that talented SO SEND ALL THE LOVE AND EMOTICON THINGIES TO THE MAN WITH THE BAE MOUSTACHE THAT CAN DO A SICK AS NINJA ROLL and once again i have lost myself and dont know where this is going BUT I THINK YOU GET MY DRIFT :DDD THANK YOU FOR YOUR AWESOME AMAZINGNESS YOU MAKE LIFE SUPER RAD AND I GRACIAS YOU LOTSLY.

gracefulAngel96 December 14th, 2015
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Very inspiring post!!