{"id":401,"date":"2013-10-07T17:33:50","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T21:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matinghabitsofthemoderngeek.com\/?p=401"},"modified":"2015-08-10T12:30:49","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T16:30:49","slug":"ep-29-face-your-fears-stepping-out-of-your-comfort-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matinghabitsofthemoderngeek.com\/?p=401","title":{"rendered":"Ep. 29 &#8211; Face Your Fears:  Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matinghabitsofthemoderngeek.com\/?attachment_id=353\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-353\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-353\" alt=\"photo (2)\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/matinghabitsofthemoderngeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/photo-2.jpg?resize=584%2C357\" width=\"584\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/matinghabitsofthemoderngeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/photo-2.jpg?w=1482&amp;ssl=1 1482w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/matinghabitsofthemoderngeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/photo-2.jpg?resize=300%2C183&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/matinghabitsofthemoderngeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/photo-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C626&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/matinghabitsofthemoderngeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/photo-2.jpg?resize=490%2C300&amp;ssl=1 490w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/matinghabitsofthemoderngeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/photo-2.jpg?w=1168 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a title=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/matinghabitsofthemoderngeek\/Ep629_MHMG.mp3\" href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/matinghabitsofthemoderngeek\/Ep629_MHMG.mp3\">Ep. 29 &#8211; Face Your Fears:  Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>This week, William and I discuss the benefits of taking a step or two outside your comfort zone. Since nothing new happens when you don&#8217;t do anything new, turn your life into an adventure! Find other things you might be good at, and have opportunities to meet new people and\/or have more things to talk about in conversations with strangers (see: Lesson 2!)<\/p>\n<p>We discuss Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., learn that the young women of America look up to William, and I was completely wrong about the government shut down &#8211; whatever.<\/p>\n<p>Tables don&#8217;t stay &#8220;Flipless in Austin&#8221; when we take a look at every thing you should NEVER do when trying to find your soul mate. Bastards be crazy. You can check out all that magic below:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.sleeplessinaustin.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sleeplessinaustin.com\/\">http:\/\/www.sleeplessinaustin.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Homework for Lesson 3! Do something that you would normally avoid because it makes you feel vulnerable or alone, like go to a movie by yourself, eat at a restaurant alone, go to that MTG tournament, or that board game night at your local game store &#8211; not to look for mates, but to just get out there and do something!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Ep. 29 &#8211; Face Your Fears: Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone &nbsp; This week, William and I discuss the benefits of taking a step or two outside your comfort zone. 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