Imagine a fissure in the Earth between where you’re currently standing and where you want to be.
It’s deep, dark, and you can’t see the bottom. You can’t even see the other side.
Between the life you have and the life you want, there’s almost certainly a gap like this that you’ll reach at some point.
It might be a gap in knowledge, skill, connections, mindset or any number of other variables, but regardless of the area in which you’re currently lacking, you’re going to need to step into the unknown to cross that gap and get to where you really want to be.
The gap is not a short little hop you can cross through a few days of concerted effort, however.
No, the problem with the gap is that you can have no idea of how wide it is and what’s involved in getting through it.
There’s no going over or around the gap. The only way to cross it is to lower yourself down into it and face whatever comes your way.
No matter how bad your current situation and how alluring the life you could have on the other side, convincing yourself to face traversing the gap is enough to plant a healthy dose of doubt in your mind about whether the journey is worth it.
And so you, like so many people, might choose to resign yourself to live out your days with the known, even if the known is uncomfortable, painful, stressful, and entirely not what your soul truly wants.
Transition periods are full of pain, uncertainty, and stress. They require us to face all that we don’t know, humble ourselves in order to improve ourselves, make sacrifices, work harder than we thought we were capable of, and grapple with how much we want the lives we say we do.
The other side of our gap might be our dream life, but for too many of us, the thought of the short term turmoil, struggle, and uncertainty of the transition period to realizing that life keeps us from taking even the first steps toward it.
If we can recognize the discomfort, the pain, and the uncertainty that comes with lowering ourselves into the gap, we can prepare ourselves to better tackle them when they arrive.
Don’t let the fear of short-term discomfort keep you from the reality of long term happiness. The only way to get where you’re looking to go is by setting your course, facing down your fear, and putting one foot in front of the other.
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