4 posts tagged “comfort zone”
Okay, guys, here it is: the live video of jumping off the tallest building in New Zealand. The ride down is at about 85 mph. BIG fun. :)
When we think of changing things in our lives or businesses, of going to the next level, and then actually do something which commits us, we often get that uncomfortable feeling inside. "Oh, NO! What have I done??" Kind of like the feeing I had when I leapt off that platform. Sometimes, that feeling alone will force us to turn back from our goals, and prevent us from living our dreams.
The key to breaking that cycle is to learn to tolerate that feeling, and eventually embrace it. Feeling uncomfortable is a good sign. It means you're pushing through the membrane of the universe you've already created into the universe you want to create. Being on that edge feels funny, but it won't kill you. By taking unrelated risks such as this jump and stepping out of your comfort zone, you can practice having that feeling and going forward anyway.
You might label this uncomfortable feeling as panic or nervousness. What if you called it a membrane tremor instead? "Oh! I just felt a membrane tremor!" you can say. If you're with someone when it happens, you can look at the person with a smile and say, "Did you feel it, too?"
I can feel your membrane tremors from here. And I can't wait to see the new universe you're creating.
Our last adventure in New Zealand was spelunking! Which is caving. We abseiled (rappelled) 300 feet down into the Lost World caves of Waitomo. Here we are at the top of the abseil:
Ha! Just kidding. That's naturally occurring mysterious mist. A portion of the roof of this cave, which is primarily limestone, collapsed thousands of years ago, leaving this opening. There are other openings to the cave system as well, much smaller. One is called the Window, and the other, the Chimney. These caves are below a sheep pasture. Probably only one sheep had to fall in to convince his buddies to stay away!
Here I am at the bottom:
If you haven't been out of the States, please go. You can live without lawyers out there....
I wanted to post info about my jump right after I did it. Well, as might be expected, in the little coastal surfer town of Raglan, NZ, there wasn't any Internet access. But there WERE beautiful views:
SO. Here's a picture of me prior to jumping off the tallest building in New Zealand, the SkyTower:
Now as you can see, it's pretty damn high. We're looking down on the tops of skyscrapers here, folks. The SkyTower is the tallest building in NEW ZEALAND.
Okay. So on the platform, I'm good. If you could see the video (which I left in our beautiful seaside rental in Raglan), you would see that I'm calm and excited, as this picture pretty much shows. I'm even good jumping off the platform.
Then it happens. I jump, and there's nothing holding me. There's a wire attached to the harness I'm wearing, but it's slack. I leap out over the tops of buildings, the bay, and the very hard and unforgiving pavement below.
For a split second, my entire body says WHAT THE F%$#????? WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO NOW???? YOU JUMPED OFF A BUILDING!!!!! THIS IS NOT ON THE PROGRAM!!! And I can feel my little arms and legs beginning to twitch because they want to do that big, rotating "I'M FALLING OFF A BUILDING!!!" routine, like you see in the movies. But the SkyJump folks do have me on a wire, so I abruptly stop falling. Which, you might think, is better, EXCEPT--now I'm hanging 600 feet in the AIR over the hard and unforgiving pavement.
And I dangle. And I dangle. And I'm admiring the view. The very, very high view of Auckland. Which I would have paid much more for if I'd hired a helicopter, but couldn't possibly improve on by being in such a vehicle.
And then I hear my trusty companion, whats-his-name, shouting at me from the platform: "Kim! Need a photo! Photo opp!"
So, I obligingly comply:
Now, some people say I look better with my hair down than up. I say, you jump off of a 630-foot building, and we'll talk about my hairstyle.
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Here's a picture from last year at dinner at the SkyTower, the southern hemisphere's tallest building at 1076 feet:
So as I was saying, the SkyTower is the tallest building in the southern hemisphere at 1076 feet tall. As you know, I like to take calculated risks in order to expand my comfort zone (check out my bio here, where you'll find a picture of me about to race a stock car), so I thought I might jump off this building.
They call it a SkyJump, check it out: http://www.skyjump.co.nz/. It's a 630 foot jump at about 75 miles an hour. Should I do it???
Send me a comment and give me your vote! Planning on it tomorrow. I await your decision!
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