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Hi everyone, my name is Ashley Wylde and

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welcome to my channel, Ashley's Wild Life!

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(music)

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This week I want to talk about something

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that's really fundamental to the way

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that I think about the world and the way

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that I approach my life.

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There's a lot of talk about what is

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desirable in the realm of comfort vs discomfort

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and a lot of people say that 
they don't want to be uncomfortable

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and, hey, you know, I think that's fair.

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Being uncomfortable's not fun, 
that's part of why it's uncomfortable,

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but there is a detail missing 
somewhere in that equation

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that I want to try to address.

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The only place that growth 
can come from is discomfort.

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Think about going to the gym:

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You break down your muscles 
and then they grow back stronger.

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You intentionally subject yourself 
to physical discomfort

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in order to become stronger physically.

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It's pretty much the same with 
emotional or mental discomfort.

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There are things and situations 
that are uncomfortable,

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but sometimes avoiding them 
means avoiding growth.

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In my life I work really hard to

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combat my tendency to avoid discomfort.

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Discomfort avoidance is something I work

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really hard to dismantle and undermine.

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I don't like being uncomfortable,

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I don't like being emotionally 
uncomfortable,

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I don't like being challenged 
in my beliefs or ideas

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I don't like it, 
because it doesn't feel good,

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but it helps me grow and I as a person

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am individually committed 
to my personal growth.

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So, even though i don't enjoy it,

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I welcome discomfort, because if you're

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uncomfortable, you're learning something.

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Those are some of my thoughts 
about comfort and discomfort.

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I don't know, maybe that 
made sense to you,

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maybe I'm a ramblin fool, who knows.

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Six of one, half a dozen 
of the other I guess.

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Thank you all for watching and I'll see

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you next Monday. Bye-bye!