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Dose of Inspiration: Growing requires you to get out of your comfort zone.

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You cannot grow and be comfortable at the same time because growing requires you to get out of your comfort zone.
I get a lot of inspiration from my yoga classes. This particular quote was from Erica, one of my favorite yoga instructors in Boston (if you are in Boston and need a dose of inspiration and a kick for your abs, go now)! I heard this quote when I was stressed out about the idea of leaving and going towards what others would see as ‘not normal.’ My heart was telling me that going after what I want to do is the right thing to do while my mind was sending red signals to my brain telling me that it was a crazy idea and that I should just stick to what I know how to do – and to be completely honest, part of me was scared to leave.
The reason I love yoga or any other sports or dance for that matter, is that it teaches you to get out of your comfort zone. I first fell in love with sports when I was 14. I have always been the creative/musical type, loved everything art, played in a jazz band, sang in choirs, etc. Anything that required me to use my non-existant athletic skills, I stayed far away from – until, our basketball coach saw us doing nothing after school one day and made us come try out. To my surprise, I got into the team and since then, I’ve tried any sports I could – not just a hobby but with passion. Basketball, soccer, all types of dances, yoga, kickboxing, the list goes on. The more I challenged myself physically, the more I realized I could get out of my comfort zone and it usually led to better things, made me a better person.
That’s how things are in yoga and in life – at least that’s how I look at it. As I sat at the beginning of class wondering whether the decision I made was crazy and unnecessary, I was just worried about leaving the familiarity and going into the life of unpredictability, something I am not comfortable with at all. But, at the end of the class, I knew that nothing new is comfortable (like my new boots that still kill my feet) and in order for me to go beyond where I am now, I need to get out of my comfort zone.
So, thanks Erica for the awesome inspiration. Check out her class schedule on her Facebook page! 

Instagram of the Day: Things happen for a reason…

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I haven’t done an “Instagram of the Day” post in a while so I decided that it was time for one. I’m feeling extra ‘in-need-of-motivation’ today so I thought I’d give you a dose of inspiration for your Monday blues. I picked up this trinket a little less than two years ago at a little store on Martha’s Vineyard. It was a store full of motivation, happiness, life and zen; a type of store I can spend a lot of time in browsing everything. While I was in this store, I picked up this trinket and a mug that simply said ‘Let Go.’ The trinket has now been turned into a key chain (I got a hole drilled through it in Cambodia).

I’ve always been the type of person who had to have full control of what goes on in my life. What I wanted to study, where I ended up for school, what I did for my internship, how my future looked, etc. Until I realized that nothing is really in our control. We just have the power to do the best in what we do now, focus on the present and hope that things work out the way we want them to. There are times when I didn’t achieve or get what I wanted. I usually spent those times punishing myself – but looking back, we always realize that things do work out in the end – and you know what, it even works out for the best, better than what I could’ve imagined. Where I am today is definitely not somewhere I had planned to be 5 years ago but it’s definitely a lot better than what I could’ve asked for. Everything that I did link to each other and shape who I am today – hence everything that has happened to me in the past has had a reason behind it: to help me be where I am today. I was only able to realize this when I let go of all expectations and control of the future and just focus on the present with an open mind.  I now truly believe that:

Things happen for a reason; just believe. All you have to do is simply… let go.

*You can now follow my Instagram on your web browser: instagram.com/nananapark

Every day is a Journey

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I love quotes that have anything to do with life and travel. When I spot them, I usually just save them on my desktop and use them as my computer background, use them as my cover photo on Facebook or sometimes post them on instagram. I rarely post quotes on the blog unless I have a story related to it but I thought I’d share this one from Breakaway Backpacker (If you haven’t yet, check out his blog out here).

“Every day is a journey and the journey itself is home.” – Matsuo Basho

As many of you know, the word ‘home’ is something I struggle with a lot. I’ve mentioned it many times on this blog and questioned the meaning of ‘home.’ I’ve also learned to accept that there is no real definition of home and that the meaning can change anytime depending on the circumstance. This quote really resonates with me. “Every day is a journey and the journey itself is home.” Life is Home. Where I am, what I am doing currently, and the life I am living right now… that is home.

What do you think? Do you agree? What does ‘home’ really mean to you? I have multiple homes – but right now, the place I am in currently is where I feel the most comfortable in.