Question: what is your perception of your comfort zone?
‘What do I do to feel safe taking the plunge on something?’
Participant 13:
‘If it something like speaking in front of others then I just try to block them out and try to focus on telling myself I can do it.
I guess I also try to make sure that I am well prepared and organised so that things are less likely to go wrong’.
Participant 10:
‘I am proactive, more confident as I get older, good at identifying how to get stuff done, breaking difficult/scary tasks into chunks and making a plan. Logical, has lists. Organised’
‘An expert showing you = a teacher. You can grow because you go through the process feeling safe. Removes the mystery and the terror. Doing something carefully and tentatively can be a way of getting through the fear. It depends who’s showing you. It would make a big difference to be shown by someone who is confident. How you are shown’.
‘Coming in to a workshop, a student is already outside of their comfort zone. Going into a space that they don’t control – its not theirs. It’s a differen kind of space. SO not in their comfort zone but feeling comfortable. You can be comfortable out of your comfort zone. You can be tackling challenges in a way that is comfortable to you. If you freeze, that’s a panic zone and then you don’t get anywhere’.
‘You need an amount of comfort zone – some givens’
Participant 7:
‘Feels most comfortable when my mental environment is balanced. Breaks good – sometimes getting out of the environment is important. Feels good to change the environment.
‘After a really harsh crit my boundaries are not so firm. The edges are blurred, less like a brick wall.
One word – juxtaposition. What colour is comfort zone? Charcoal. Because that can be changed and smudged. Inspired by seeing Bridget Riley’
Participant 6;
‘Confidence of the person showing you the thing – that. Inspires confidence’.
‘As an older student, there’s a tendency to be treated differently. If its shit, tell me, just because I’m old doesn’t mean I can’t take it.’
‘Finding something you’re comfortable with and then going nuts with it. Taking the thing that you love and then taking that with you’.