Why does it seem that anything worth doing in this life you fist gotta step out of your comfort zone? My friend and classmate , Dean Welch, living in Atlanta ,GA invited me and two other classmates to go on a road trip with him, riding Harleys from the East Coast to the West, taking about eight days.Actually two will be on the Harleys and two will follow in a Hummer pulling a trailor. My first reaction was “Yahoo!, Let’s go!” Then, after a couple of days the reality and practicality of the situation began to sink in. It’ll cost too much? I can’t afford it. I’ve got obligations and responsibilities! No, It’s just not practical. Maybe another time. When explaining my very good reasons to Dean, his response was, “Dude, you’re going!”
Now what was I going to do? I was in a well established routine every day of getting up, playing on my computer, eating, taking a walk, playing on the computer again, eating again, watching the evening news, playing on the computer again and going to sleep. How could I interrupt my comfortable routine to go on a “Wild Hogs/Bucket List” adventure? But what could I do. Dean said I have to go. Five minutes ago I bought my one-way ticket to Atlanta.
As I looked back over my life I realized that every time I had a great adventure, I had to step out of my Comfort Zone (aka rut!) and do it anyway. That included getting married!