Brianna Wiest - The Mountain Is You_ Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery (2020)

THE MOUNTAIN IS YOU
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This is because of adjustment shock, though we don’t always
know that’s what’s causing the resistance.
It is scary to receive everything we want, because it forces
us to shift out of a survivalist, fear-based mindset and into
a more stabilized one. If all we are accustomed to is doing
what we need to do to survive, we are then confronted
with the next phases of our self-actualization.
If we are no longer worried about basic survival, our minds
are free to turn to the bigger questions in life: What is our
purpose? Have we lived meaningfully? Are we who we
want to be?
We often think of big achievements as a “get out of life
easier” card. They rarely are that. In fact, the opposite tends
to happen. They level us up, force us into greater responsibilities,
to think more deeply about big issues, to question
ourselves and what we previously knew to be true.
Big achievements actually pressure us to become increasingly
better versions of ourselves. This is a net positive for
our lives but can be just as uncomfortable as struggling
was, if not more so.
HOW DO I OVERCOME ADJUSTMENT SHOCK?
When something positive happens in your life, you are
going to have to adjust your mindset about other things
to create alignment and a new, more accurate and sustainable
perspective.