

Lessons - Live a Life Worth Copying (Scott)
Sep 17, 2025
Dive into the uncomfortable truth about feeling dead inside while going through the motions of life. Discover how discontent in jobs and social obligations can trickle down to affect kids. Learn the importance of parental fulfillment in shaping happy and secure children. Uncover strategies to choose aliveness over obligation by eliminating energy-draining activities. This conversation encourages making choices that lead to a more joyful and fulfilling life, challenging the notion that adulthood equals a prison sentence.
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Kids Mirror Your Inner Life
- Children sense parents' emotions more than words and mirror their internal state.
- If you feel 'dead inside' at events, your kid learns that adulthood equals slow public dying.
Do A One-Week Alive/Dead Audit
- Track one week of 'alive' versus 'dead' hours to see how much of your life you endure.
- Use the audit to reveal how many hours you model adulthood as misery to your kids.
Dead Hours Teach Adulthood Is A Sentence
- Most parents model adulthood as sacrifice by logging many 'dead' hours weekly.
- That teaches kids adulthood is a prison sentence and programs them to expect misery.