A short YouTube #shorts conversation (Jacqueline Elliott) in which two speakers describe family estrangement driven by one speaker's intense focus on a personal "mission." The speaker explains they needed certainty, were going into debt to stay in a company, and responded to misunderstanding by blocking family members (phone, Facebook, Instagram) and cutting off siblings. They also state they love their mother and that they have since repaired that relationship.
And I tried telling.
I was like, mom.
I'm on this mission.
She didn't understand.
And she didn't understand the mission. Like, they. You know, I love my mom to death. I truly do. We've actually repaired our relationship.
Actually, funny enough.
Same thing with, like, all my family. Because it was, like, it was that. It was that time. Like, I needed, like, anything in the ear that would fester, would.
Grow, and.
I didn't have any space for any doubt.
Like, I needed just.
Certainty with everything that I've got. Because we weren't making, Like, I wasn't.
Making that much money, and, like, I was, like, going into debt.
To stay in the company. We had a bad conversation. I didn't like what I heard. She didn't understand what I was doing.
Blocked her number.
Blocked her on Facebook.
Blocked her on Instagram, blocked, you know.
My sister, my brother. I got rid of everybody. And, you know, do I feel bad about it? Yes and no. But selfishly, I don't, because I knew at that time I knew what I needed. And I really didn't give a what they needed, because what they needed and what they wanted were complete.