How I Escaped My Comfort Zone (vanlife at Chichen Itza, Mexico)

Have you ever felt like you're in a personal rut, and every day you're making the same decisions over and over again despite knowing that you don't want those choices to define you? In the last few months I've really struggled with that exact problem, and I discovered that I was completely stuck inside the dreaded comfort zone.

After months of sitting in the truck, scrolling aimlessly through Youtube videos and binge-watching TV shows, I finally found a new perspective on the comfort zone that changed everything for me. This video is the story of how I was able to escape my comfort zone, push through the fear that was originally holding me back, and finally start to LIVE again.

This journey truly started for me a few months ago, when I decided to drive down to Mexico by myself and start living the solo vanlife for the first time in my life. I assumed that after pushing myself so far outside of my comfort zone that I would find all the motivation that I had been missing before, and that suddenly I would be inspired to go out and see the world, make videos, and grow as a person. Sadly, this didn't happen. Almost immediately after arriving in Mexico, I found myself spending more time alone in the truck than I ever had before. I was spending more time on social media apps and less time interacting with human beings, and I sunk deeper into my personal rut than I even thought possible. How could this happen? I thought that by driving 5000 miles and living by myself in a foreign country, I would be on the track to success. So I started to seriously look into this problem - and I realized that I was falling deeper and deeper into my comfort zone.

But after doing some research, I was able to uncover some myths about the comfort zone that I had always believed, and soon I found the confidence to not just go outside my comfort zone, but to force myself through the fear zone that had stopped me until that point. Finally, as I'm writing this description today, I can say that I've truly made progress on this issue, and hopefully my journey can inspire someone out there to do the same.

One thing to note is that my personal journey of breaking outside of my comfort zone involves van life, as it's the tool that I used to primarily break out of my rut. That doesn't mean that you need to start van life or move into a box truck in order to break out of your own comfort zone, it's just what I used in my journey. And honestly, I now have a much greater appreciation for vanlife and the freedom that it brings than I ever have before. With time, I truly believe that my self-confidence and ability to overcome my fears will skyrocket because of my time in the box truck - and I'm honestly so grateful to be in that position today, where not only am I making progress but I'm also spreading this message to all of you.



This video was a much different video than our channel normally makes, so I'm looking forward to reading your feedback down below! Let me know if you enjoyed this video at all, because I'm really enjoying my travels and hope to make more videos like this one in the future. In the next couple weeks you will most likely see a return to more videos based directly around vanlife and my upcoming travel plans, but still I'd love to get your feedback for today's video!

With that, I hope you're all having an amazing day, and I'll see you all next Sunday!