Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone

Let’s be real: stepping outside your comfort zone isn’t exposure.

It’s the first step and, honestly, probably the hardest one. Without it, exposure doesn’t even exist. For some, it might mean chatting with someone new in the community  (hello, awkward small talk).

For others, it could be showing up to an event where you literally know no one (and somehow trying not to immediately blend into the wall). And maybe. for a few, it might even involve doing something that makes your palms sweat... Like finally unmuting yourself during a community call for volunteering to lead a task or sharing your thoughts (without worrying about how awkward you’ll sound).

But hey, stepping out of your comfort zone can mean whatever you want it to. It’s just about pushing yourself to try something new—no matter how small or huge.

Seriously, anything that makes you break a sweat!

Now, maybe, you will understand more, if we say how invisibly you are being pushed into EXPOSURE in TD Community!

The basic ground-level exposure at our community starts with an initiative called BTWC (Build Together with Community) that happens every Thursday, where we basically join hands to build some cool stuff together, as a community.

Here’s what happened at BTWC aka “வியாழகைமை வாங்குதல்” (namma Rithik Kumar vacha peru thaan) recently…

BTWC aka வியாழகைமை வாங்குதல், Updates: 

We should admit, our members’ progress is unstoppable!

In the last month, 

• We got 2 new members joining us on Taiga (you’ll know what this is, when you join BTWC)

• we’ve kickstarted 9 new tasks, and completed 3 of them

• (Well, unless there’s a Wi-Fi outage!) 📈 

If BTWC is basic, is there anything beyond that?

Yes, that's what happens after completing the INEA check!

You know, we all have 2 lives in our college — one, before completing INEA Check; two, after you complete it.

Apart from that, you will also become part of our next Pioneers group! The current exclusive batch is now building their Phase 0 of their INEA Journey. Here you get to dive deeper into your Exposure, personalised to you.

It’s all hush-hush, but let’s just say exciting things are brewing there. So, if you haven’t joined yet, you’re missing out on being part of the future-makers club.

But don’t worry—we won’t keep all the good stuff hush-hush…

Certain Things Shouldn’t Be a Secret!

Ideas? They’re meant to be shared, not whispered in dark corners like some top-secret mission. That’s exactly why we’re bringing you this:

Got a Crazy Idea? Pitch It—Before You Forget It! 🎤

Mark your calendars—the last week of February is Pitch Day! 🎉

Bring any idea you’ve got—whether it’s a Cricket day for TD, a new project, or even a personal documenting plan. The floor is yours!

But wait, you have something else to do before that. 

Challenge Accepted?

Okay, let’s get serious for a second! This week, you’re going to set a goal that you’ve been pretending to care about for months. 

You know, the one thing you’ve always wanted to do but haven’t—because of your comfort zone or something? 

Yeah, forget that! Maybe it’s launching that project you’ve been "thinking about" since forever, finally learning that skill you said you'd do “someday,” or, I don’t know, actually speaking up in a meeting/To a random person, without choking.—no more excuses! 

If you're stuck on where to begin, Have a look here:

• Find Your Partner: You can begin alone, but it’s better to Grab someone from the community as your Accountability Partner, who can actually make sure you don’t just “forget” your goal again. They’ll cheer you on, you cheer them on! 

• Break It Down: Look, your goal is huge! There’s no need to climb it at one go. Just, break it down. Small wins, baby steps!

Any other doubts or questions? Our Community group is always open!

Feel free to drop in and ask, because who doesn’t love a good community brainstorm? 

While We’re All Struggling to Step Out, Abinandhan is Out Here Crushing It!

We’re all trying to break out of our comfort zones, but Abinandhan?

He’s already doing it like a pro.

Meet Our Exposure Champion Of the Week, Abinandhan!

This week, we’re giving a big shoutout to Abinandhan, the ultimate Exposure enthusiast. If stepping out of his comfort zone was a sport, he’d have more gold medals than Michael Phelps 😋

Keep up the amazing work, Abinandhan! You're the inspiration we didn’t know we needed to step out of our cozy corners and actually get things done. 🙌

👏 Inspiring right?

Now, it’s time to Connect with Abinandhan and Share Some "Exposure-ception!"

Your First Step to build your Exposure

Reply to this newsletter. Seriously, that’s it. One simple action to step out of your comfort zone. Go ahead, hit that reply button and let’s kick off your exposure journey!

TL;DR (Too Long; Didn’t Read) – Key Takeaways 📝

• BTWC Update: 9 tasks started, 3 completed, 2 new recruits.

• INEA Pioneers are shaping the future—join them!

• Pitch Day in Feb: Bring any idea, the stage is yours.

• Challenge yourself this week: Set and act on a long-pending goal.

• Abinandhan is our Exposure Rockstar!

• First Step? Hit reply to this newsletter.

And that’s it for this week! Signing off!!

Yours Parallelly,
Your TD Insider!