I have a friend leaving for China tomorrow. I couldn’t be more proud of him.
Miles told me he was thinking about it back in January and I fully encouraged him to do so. In fact, I told him I wish I could accompany him, just to see what’s out there.
He, by his own admission, has been trying to find his way for a while now. He doesn’t even know how much I can relate to him.
The past 11 months of my life have been very up & down and many of my actions have been attempts find out what I love to do. I’ve tried writing, I’ve tried an online business, I’ve tried volunteering, I’ve tried coaching, and I’m just now settling into what I feel like I should be doing with SOUTH.
Miles is going for drastic change. He didn’t want to make small, incremental changes. He wants to jolt his system!
And he’s going to have an incredible journey of self-discovery along the way.
Many times we settle for the easy changes when we know we should take on the hard changes. Trying to learn Chinese could have been an easy, challenging alternative to mix things up. But he didn’t settle for that. He’s moving to China for an extended period of time.
I talk constantly about leaving one’s comfort zone. What Miles is doing fully embodies that idea.
He knows no one. He doesn’t speak Mandarin. He has never been to China. And he is going to stick out like a sore thumb being a 6’4 white guy with wavy brown hair.
For all those reasons and more, I am very proud of him for taking this leap of faith. He’s going into the unknown and ready to see what sort of self-discovery is waiting for him.
Good luck Miles, I can’t wait to hear what this experience is like for you!
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What have you done lately to get out of your comfort zone?
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Chat with Miles on Twitter (@kilometers9) and help him stay connected to America while he’s on this awesome journey!
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