100. How to Enjoy Uncomfortable Situations
Comfort in Discomfort
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In this Mini Monday episode Evan shares a practice that he does everyday which is to lean into discomfort and do the hard things in life to prepare yourself for future difficulties. If you have been struggling with being motivated, not reaching your full potential, or not following your passion then be sure to tune in to this episode and lean into the discomfort.
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Transcript
what's going on, everybody.
Speaker:Welcome back to the elemental Evan show.
Speaker:Thank you all so much for tuning in on this beautiful mini Monday episode
Speaker:today, it is a gem of an episode.
Speaker:I'm super excited to share it with all of you.
Speaker:It is going to be about leaning into uncomfortable situations and learning how
Speaker:to grow from those situations and, uh, you know, get better in those situations.
Speaker:Ultimately, because obviously not many people like to be uncomfortable.
Speaker:Uh, that's not a common human trait, but it's something that
Speaker:we can really benefit from.
Speaker:So that's going to be today's topic.
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Speaker:Now let's actually get in to the good stuff about the episode.
Speaker:So.
Speaker:As I was saying, leaning into uncomfortable situations is really so
Speaker:fundamental in our growth, as you know, just essentially as human beings, right.
Speaker:It's through uncomfortable situations that we really.
Speaker:Learn how to handle these uncomfortable situations and
Speaker:also, you know, just develop this.
Speaker:Uh, I like to think of it like a tool belt with all these different
Speaker:tools to handle future situations.
Speaker:That might be like that because realistically.
Speaker:Life doesn't necessarily get easier.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:We just get better at addressing the situations that are thrown our way.
Speaker:And the way we get better at that is by going through these difficult situations
Speaker:and, you know, each time learning from these situations, what did I do right.
Speaker:In that situation that made it easier or, you know, made things flow
Speaker:better or whatever it may be, or what did I do wrong in that situation?
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:And we learned through this process of going through difficult
Speaker:times and equipping our tool belt so that we can better address
Speaker:those situations in the future.
Speaker:Now I also think that there's a lot of people who have passions
Speaker:in certain areas of life, right?
Speaker:Maybe like, for example, myself, with podcasting.
Speaker:Uh, I love health and wellness, right.
Speaker:But for me to share my message of health and wellness, that means that
Speaker:I have to get in front of people.
Speaker:I have to physically, you know, show my face or allow you to hear my voice
Speaker:and share this information, which.
Speaker:Uh, you know, for myself public speaking, it's not a, a major fear of mine, but
Speaker:you know, it's not something that I'm necessarily the best at, or that I, you
Speaker:know, handle like a pro or anything.
Speaker:I'm not Tony Robbins or something like that.
Speaker:Uh, but you know, it's something that I know is.
Speaker:A.
Speaker:You know, it's, it's the ability for me to.
Speaker:Share my information and my knowledge and help others through speaking and getting
Speaker:on camera and getting in front of people.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:So I'm reading a book right now called courage is calling by Ryan holiday.
Speaker:It's an excellent book.
Speaker:I highly recommend it.
Speaker:And in the book, there's a part where he talks about this judge who.
Speaker:I think it was really far back in the days, like in
Speaker:the Roman times or something.
Speaker:And he was so nervous to do public speaking and he ended up being one
Speaker:of like the most famous, I guess, Uh, lawyers or whatever it was at the time.
Speaker:And the first time he actually had to go and public speak in front of
Speaker:a, you know, a judge and all of this.
Speaker:He actually froze up and wasn't able to really talk.
Speaker:And so the judge kindly let him off and was like, we're just going to
Speaker:reschedule this for another day.
Speaker:But imagine if he had never showed up that second time, it was just like
Speaker:allowing that fear to take a hold of him and keep him from pursuing his goals.
Speaker:You know, I mean, even though it's something that obviously he didn't
Speaker:enjoy initially, it was a means to not really an end, but a means to him
Speaker:being able to do what he loved and was really, really good at obviously.
Speaker:So what I'm trying to say here is if there's something that you really enjoy
Speaker:in life, or you want in life where you want to go after pursue whatever
Speaker:it may be, but there's just certain aspects of it where you're like, oh,
Speaker:well, I wouldn't really enjoy that.
Speaker:Or, you know, It makes me feel uncomfortable.
Speaker:I would say, go ahead for it.
Speaker:Get comfortable in those situations, equip your tool belt, right?
Speaker:Every situation can be difficult, but it's really how we handle
Speaker:those situations and learn from those situations and apply those.
Speaker:You know, This new knowledge that we gained from those
Speaker:situations into the future.
Speaker:That really benefits us.
Speaker:And for example, this is why I really enjoy doing the cold plunges.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:Uh, for example, if I go and do a fire and ice session, which is
Speaker:obviously sauna and ice plunge.
Speaker:Uh, ice bath.
Speaker:Well, I always start my sessions off with the sauna.
Speaker:The sauna is the easiest thing.
Speaker:Obviously it's a nice and warm you get in there and it just feels good.
Speaker:It's the ice.
Speaker:Uh, the ice bath that is actually difficult.
Speaker:And I saved the ice bath for last, because I know that, um,
Speaker:you know, it's good to struggle.
Speaker:And so I like to shiver and warm up naturally as opposed
Speaker:to going back into the sauna.
Speaker:So I'll go to the sauna first and then I will myself to get into that
Speaker:ice water, even on the days that I might not really want to do it.
Speaker:Those are the days that I think are the most beneficial, because it's when
Speaker:you w you know, show yourself who's in control and, you know, will yourself
Speaker:force yourself to get into that ice bath, which is an uncomfortable situation.
Speaker:And, you know, your body is like yelling to get out, get comfortable.
Speaker:Uh, you know, go, go get in a warm bed or go back into the
Speaker:sauna, whatever it may be.
Speaker:And when we actually force ourselves to sit in that uncomfortability and
Speaker:dig deep, find the tools that we've used in the past to help us get
Speaker:through that uncomfortable situation.
Speaker:By the time you get out, I mean, you just really proved yourself
Speaker:how tough you can actually be, and also prove to yourself that.
Speaker:You know, you can really handle difficult situations, whatever they are.
Speaker:There's always a way you can always figure out a way to get through that situation.
Speaker:And so I think there's a lot of value in that.
Speaker:I think that, you know, a lot of.
Speaker:The things we have in modern life right now are really catered to
Speaker:comfortability, which don't get me wrong.
Speaker:I enjoy, uh, you know, uh, air conditioner and a heater when it's hot or cold.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:I enjoy hot water for my showers and, um, you know, the luxury
Speaker:of a oven and a stove top.
Speaker:But at the end of the day, you know, we do need to go get uncomfortable and
Speaker:struggle a little bit to really also find an appreciation for the things that we do
Speaker:have and the luxuries that we have in our.
Speaker:Lives and realistically, by getting uncomfortable, that's
Speaker:how you become resilient.
Speaker:And resilience is such an important factor to have in life, from work
Speaker:to, um, your relationships, to even just being a species that continues
Speaker:on for, you know, all these years.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:We've had very.
Speaker:Uh, resilient ancestors that were able to make it through
Speaker:really, really difficult times.
Speaker:And, uh, you know, those genes are still in you, you still have that resilience.
Speaker:We just have to practice it.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:It's a practice.
Speaker:So anyways, that is.
Speaker:The episode for today, it's all about leaning into that discomfort
Speaker:and getting comfortable with it.
Speaker:Right?
Speaker:And we get comfortable with it by practice, right.
Speaker:Practices, make perfect practice makes progress.
Speaker:And as you practice it over and over, you can equip your tool
Speaker:belt and become better at handling those situations in the future.
Speaker:So don't let uncomfortability keep you from achieving your
Speaker:goals and your passion in life.
Speaker:Get after it.
Speaker:Uh, you know, Face it head on and trust me, it will get easier for you.
Speaker:Not necessarily because it just gets easier in general, but because you
Speaker:get better at handling that situation.
Speaker:So anyways, everybody that is going to do it for today's episode.
Speaker:Thank you all so much for tuning into this mini Monday episode.
Speaker:I hope you gained a lot of information from it.
Speaker:And have grown a lot from this information.
Speaker:Hopefully you can put into practice some of these, uh, these tips, you
Speaker:know, like, so for example, if there's a situation that you don't like.
Speaker:Uh, being in, uh, maybe next time, just go ahead in there and, and look
Speaker:at it as a way of, of learning and expanding your tool belt, right.
Speaker:Or maybe it's making yourself take a cold shower.
Speaker:Uh, whatever it may be.
Speaker:Go ahead and find that practice and start doing it today.
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Speaker:I get uncomfortable already.
Speaker:Y'all much love, have a great rest of your week.
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