MICROFICTION
What Comfort Zone
A Speech
“Step out of your comfort zone, and wonderful things will happen,” said Adam, straightening the tie. “If you want the magic to happen, this is the only way!” he read from his notes.
Looking into the mirror, he realized that the speech rehearsal was not going so well. The blazer itched and the tie felt heavy. Even the cat gave him a look that said, “What the hell are you talking about?” as it curled up into its bed.
Adam knew what was needed. He quickly changed his bottoms into comfortable shorts.
It was just a Zoom meeting after all!
Shreya is an engineer, writer, and poet who loves writing short reads. Every story she writes comes from the little part of this enormous world that she has seen.
This 100-word story was based on the January writing prompt — “What Comfort Zone?” From Galit Birk, PhD in Being-Known.
Here is the original prompt invitation:
Nicole Linke , Deeksha Agrawal , Nia Simone McLeod , April Callaway , Sarah L. Harvey , Mia Verita , Paula Light , Suntonu Bhadra , If you guys haven't already, I call you to have fun with the January Prompt before January ends!
