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"You might lose your body out there in the world but if you stay here you lose your soul". Damm that hit me hard

"I miss being good at something."

That hurts deep.

I'll never forget watching a video of a toddler falling down, the toddler got up and brushed himself off as if it were not a problem. His Mother entered the scene, and immediately the toddler began to cry. Even in adulthood I myself have been guilty of "unloading" how stressful my life is to my Mother while on the phone. Always felt worse afterwards.  Mother's have it tough to be sure.

drop everything you're doing and find an ebook called escape the comfort cage,
trust me on this

Be bold when you're young. Find comfort when you get old if you survive that long.

When I was 19 I got my first “big boy” job out of Trade School. It was a 2 hour commute to my new office in Washington DC followed by 8 hours of work and a 2 hour commute home. It was a shock to me. I hated it. I called my mom and started crying. She always pampered me. I figured she would tell me to come home and leave my job. Instead, my first real adult conversation with my mom and she got real with me. In fact, her tone of voice was a bit angry. I told her I didn’t want to work all day and that I wanted to sit around at home with my friends. She told me, nobody wants to work. She told me she didn’t feel like waking up early and working all day and neither do 300 million other Americans. And told me to go back to work. She passed away from a hard battle with cancer a year later. I am proud to say that conversation stuck with me. Since she passed away I took her words to heart and I work at what I have to every day. While still making time for church, family, friends and leisure. It’s hard. Sometimes I don’t want to do it. Then I remember what my mom said. Neither do 300 million other Americans. I swear I would not be where I am in my career without my mom’s tough love that day. I just wish sometimes she could see the things I’ve done that are inspired by her grit and strong will.

"I miss being good at something". That's how I felt doing custodial work, until I found an opportunity to work as a tutor. Being limited to something below your true worth, is demeaning.

I always thought giving your children the tools they need to survive in the world with out you was a parents primarily goal.

Adventure to excellence... Yeah, that sounds great. I've been stuck in the comfort zone lately, but it's time to start the adventure!

my mother never switched gears, she became more and more protective, even suffocating me

When you seek comfort you will not find truth. When you seek truth you will find comfort. And never underestimate the wisdom that comes from suffering or the lessons of pain overcome.

I am the kid that wasn't held responsible for mothers overprotection and comfort. I'm spending my early 20s trying to kill that part of me. It's very difficult, however every year that passes where I don't address it, it will define who I am and I resent that.

i fully relate to this topic...i'm 27, i still live with my parents and never had a job. I'm an only child and my parents always were overprotective. In my early 20s. I remember them saying to me "you still have time to work not worry about this stuff" .
Parents don't do this to your child you will ruin his life.

it is very hard to get out of your comfort zone when you live with anxiety. Everything is almost traumatizing. I have to begin a new job next week and it is absolutely painful.

Improving little by little… I still have that feeling of wanting more in life

Insightful and thoughtful. The world is a better place with Jordan Peterson in it.

My wife walked into the room as I was listening to this and I said how much this sounds like our most recent conversations regarding an adult child. They must learn to stand on their own and we must allow and enable them to do so or they will never succeed.

I have 2 kids. 13 & 10yo. When I heard "if you go out there you might lose your body but if you stay here you will lose your soul", man... it hit me so hard. Thanks M. Williamson for the interview and Thanks M. Peterson for sharing your wisdom. Thank you both very much.

Paraphrasing here: “It’s not about making the discomfort of life comfortable, it’s about making the discomfort worth it.” Wow!