Feeling Obligated

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🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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0:28.6	Yeah, so many of you feel like you're obligated.
0:33.9	Why? Did you make a contract?
0:42.5	Did you take money? I mean, what do you think makes the obligation?
0:54.8	Oh, it's family. That doesn't obligate you. You might be more motivated to sacrifice a little more and get a little more invested because they're family,
1:00.7	but at some point you may have to accept that it's just not fixable.
1:06.5	And if it is fixable, when?
1:08.0	By whom?
1:20.9	Oh, the person you're trying to fix is the one who has to fix him or herself yeah got to really wrap your head around that i know a lot of you just don't want to quit. You just don't want to quit.
1:28.9	You just can't imagine the failure. You can't imagine quitting. You just want to believe that if
1:35.5	you put in enough blood, sweat, and tears, that it would morph into what it ought to be.
1:45.2	I read a letter this morning from a mother.
1:48.2	And, you know, by virtue of how the letter is actually written,
1:54.5	I can get a feel if it's based in reality.
1:59.6	It's an exaggeration, what have you.
2:01.6	And I thought it was pretty much right on.
2:06.6	Three kids, under the age of 10.
2:10.6	And she describes a marriage.
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