3. You get to push yourself outside of your comfort zone.
When I moved to a new area, the amazing news is that I was able to keep my job and transition to working remotely. While I was, and am, eternally grateful, the not so amazing downside of that was that between living off base and working 100% remotely, the chances of me meeting anyone were at about negative 100. So this socially awkward book nerd went way outside of her comfort zone and joined a meetup group for women in their 20s and 30s that were new to the area. I then went even further outside my comfort zone and offered to host a couple meetups at locations that I wanted to check out. The first time I went to one of those meetups I sat inside my car for 10 minutes outside the venue alternatively terrified and wanting to cry. I thought about chickening out and driving home. But I didn’t. I put on my big girl panties, sucked it up, went in and ordered myself a big glass of grape bravery aka wine. Did I meet someone at every one of those meetups? Honestly no. Also, honestly, the first several of them sucked for me but I was so incredibly proud of myself for pushing myself outside of my comfort zone and going. I learned I’m outgoing and strong, something I may not have known about myself if we hadn’t transferred.
