Emotions & feelings
outside your comfort zone
in an unfamiliar situation
If something is outside your comfort zone, it is unfamiliar and makes you feel slightly uncomfortable or nervous.
Hear it in real life
Are you nervous about the presentation?
Yes, public speaking is outside my comfort zone.
Leading a meeting was outside my comfort zone, but I learned a lot from it.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: Speaking in public is out from my comfort zone.
Say: Speaking in public is outside my comfort zone.
Use "outside" or "out of," not "out from," in this expression.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
be outside your comfort zone; step outside your comfort zone
Your turn: say it out loud
Leading a meeting was outside my comfort zone, but I learned a lot from it.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
outside your comfort zone
in an unfamiliar situation
“Leading a meeting was outside my comfort zone, but I learned a lot from it.”
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