Jordan Peterson - Comfort Will Kill Your Soul

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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.

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.

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

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

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.

Very true, I had an overprotective mother and it took me a long time to realize that her overprotectiveness had made me scared of the world. I appreciate everything she did for me because I know she did it out of love but I wasn't at all prepared for the harsh reality of life

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

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.

Oh boy .. i was burnt out at my work and profession. Fortunately for me COVID was a blessing.i recently sold my house left most of my stuff and retired a little early into s travel trailer.. i paint , play at guitar, garden but wow i was just expressing to a friend that i miss and being really good-one of the best- at something—book restoration. I never give up hope to become good at something! But after being widowed early i started rock climbing at 56 and I’m on my way to Mexico. It’s brutally unsettling and freeing at the same time. Risk taking, change and resilience are paramount.

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

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.

“The female crucifixion.” Wow. Yes, it’s a complete heartbreak when you know you must let them go. We worry and dwell on their happiness and safety. It never goes away. A mothers tears are always right at the surface.

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.

"Just because you are offered the bait, doesn't't necessarily mean you have to take it" so simple, yet so true.

Absolute phenomenal piece! Not long ago I have realized what the impact of being raised by a mother Jordan described here, had on me. Although intended and perceived by many as a act of love, keeping your child to close does great, and I mean great, damage to that child. I experienced moving to a different city to study and live on my own like being hit by a train mentally. Now I understand why.