RAISING ADULTS

The Unspoken Beginning of the Raising Adults™ and Cognitive Custodians™ framework

If I Were The Devil...

A 21st-Century Playbook for Crushing Men’s Souls

If I were the devil...1. I’d SHATTER YOUR IDENTITY
• My Tactic: I’ll blur your biology. Twist your spirit. Sell you toxic rage or suffocate you in shame until you forget what a man is. I’ll hollow out fatherhood until it’s a ghost.
• My Goal: To leave you rootless. Starving for meaning in a desert of your own doubt.
2. I’d ANNIHILATE YOUR FAMILY
• My Tactic: I’ll normalize betrayal. Dress porn as "freedom." Turn fathers into silent shadows haunting their own homes.
• My Goal: Generations of boys with hollow eyes. Men with no one to fight for. No legacy but decay.
3. I’d SEDUCE YOU WITH COMFORT
• My Tactic: I’ll flood your veins with dopamine — porn, scrolling, cheap thrills. Numb your pain until you fear the ache of growth.
• My Goal: To make you a soft, blinking spectator. Addicted to the cage.
4. I’d ISOLATE YOU IN PLAIN SIGHT
• My Tactic: I’ll replace brothers with screens. Stigmatize your tears. Burn cafes, churches, parks — anywhere your heart might open.
• My Goal: To trap you in silent shame. Connected to thousands, yet dying alone.
5. I’d CORRUPT YOUR TRUTH
• My Tactic: I’ll flood your world with lies so slick, you’ll beg for them. Erase sin. Swap repentance for the sweet poison of blame.
• My Goal: A world where nothing is real. Where you justify your own rot.
6. I’d CRUSH YOUR PURPOSE
• My Tactic: I’ll scream apocalypse in your ear 24/7. Make work feel worthless. Teach you cynicism is "wisdom."
• My Goal: To break your will. Make you believe nothing matters. Especially not you.
7. I’d STRANGLE YOUR SPIRIT
• My Tactic: I’ll make faith a joke. Turn prayer into self-help. Replace God with the mirror.
• My Goal: To leave you orphaned. Worshipping your emptiness like a god.MY MASTERSTROKE? YOU’LL BEG FOR IT
No chains. No force. Just sweet, voluntary surrender:
• Lonely? "Here’s porn — your digital harem."
• Angry? "Here’s outrage — feast on their throats."
• Confused? "Here’s conspiracy — your cozy delusion."
You’ll build your cage. Polish its bars. Call it freedom.THE ANTIDOTE? (HOW YOU DEFEAT ME)
My kryptonite is your AWAKE-NESS. Your WILL. Do this and I bleed:
1. ROOT YOURSELF IN TRUTH
Reject my lies. Father the fatherless. Your purpose is written in bone and blood.
2. CHOOSE SACRED SUFFERING
Trade my numbing comfort for discipline. Craftsmanship over consumption.
3. FORGE BROTHERHOOD IN FLESH
Tear out my digital parasites. Seek faces, not feeds.
4. CLUTCH MORAL CLARITY
Name your sin. Repent. Blame is my venom — spit it out.
5. FIGHT WITH FIRE
Protect your family. Build legacy. Serve. Hope is a weapon — wield it.
"Light candles where I gather darkness. That is how you burn me."
THE WAR IS FOR YOUR SOUL.
Choose: Depth > Distraction
Courage > Comfort
Love > Division
Or kneel.Where does your cage feel most comfortable?

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Let’s Talk About the Day Adulthood Went Extinct...

A manifesto for humans tired of living like toddlers

The Moment I SnappedI was translating for a man in court—a father of three fighting deportation. His voice shook as he described working nights in a meatpacking plant to feed his kids. Hours later, I sat with a CEO who raged over a lukewarm latte. Two grown men. One fighting for survival, the other crumbling over caffeine.That’s when I realized: We’re not raising adults. We’re breeding overgrown children.Here’s What I’ve Seen (And Why It’s Killing Us)• In Courtrooms: Lives destroyed by excuses like “I didn’t know better.”
• In Boardrooms: Leaders crying over Wi-Fi passwords while their teams burn out.
• In My Home: Eight kids learning to curate Instagram lives instead of fixing leaky faucets.This isn’t a phase. It’s a plague.Why I Built Raising Adults™/Cognitive Custodians™ (And Why You Should Care)RAISING ADULTS™ and COGNITIVE CUSTODIANS™ aren’t theories. They’re emergency protocols for a species unlearning survival:• Neuro-Sovereignty: Burn TikTok. Resurrect your attention span. (“Your brain survived ice ages. Don’t let it die on memes.”)
• Accountability Architecture:
Replace excuses with Zero-Excuse Contracts. (“Failure isn’t a feeling. It’s a spreadsheet.”)
• Legacy Literacy: Ask: “Will this matter in 100 years?” Spoiler: Your follower count won’t.My Failures (And What They Taught Me)I’ve avoided problems instead of facing them.
I’ve excused tantrums as “stress.”
I’ve watched students trade curiosity for curated feeds.But here’s the truth:
Maturity isn’t about perfection. It’s about showing up—messy, flawed, but refusing to hide.Your TurnThis isn’t a self-help cult. It’s a rebellion for grown-ups.Join me in:• The 72-Hire Detox: Delete one app. Fix one broken promise.
• Legacy Sprints: Write your obituary. Let it terrify you into action.
• Custodian Clans: Find one person. Swear: “I’ll drag you to greatness. You’ll drag me.”Founder says:“I’m not your guru. I’m your architect. The blueprints are here. The rest is up to you.”
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A Foundational Reflection Behind the Raising Adults™ and Cognitive Custodians™ Movement

A Letter to the Quiet Heart

Dear Friend,I don’t really know how to start this, except to say—I miss us.Not the highlight reel. Not the funny reels or the fake-deep texts we send at 1 a.m. I miss who we were before the world taught us to be afraid of commitment, stillness, and the weight of responsibility.Remember when we swore we’d never “grow up”? We thought adulthood was a sellout—some tragic surrender to mortgages and meetings. We sat on rooftops, rolled our eyes at career ladders, and said we’d live loud and free forever.But now? It’s like we’re stuck in this in-between place. Not kids anymore. Not really adults either. Just… waiting.And if I’m being honest, it’s not working. For either of us.I see it in the way you’re always tired—but never rested. Always planning—but never moving.I hear it in your voice when you talk about your job like it’s just a “temporary thing,” but it’s been four years.I feel it when we talk about relationships, and you say you’re not “ready”—but deep down, I think you’re just scared.I’m not judging. I get it.
Because I’m doing the same thing.We’ve learned to fear anything that asks for our full presence.We ghost people instead of growing with them.
We chase novelty and call it freedom.
We stay “open” to every option so we never have to choose one.
We scroll past our own lives, mistaking stimulation for meaning.
And somewhere along the way, we forgot: Adulthood isn’t a trap.
It’s an invitation.WE WERE TAUGHT WRONGThey told us that growing up meant giving in.
That if we took on real responsibility, we’d lose ourselves.
That permanence was punishment.
That discipline meant oppression.
That choosing one thing meant abandoning everything else.
So we learned to flinch at commitment.
To avoid discomfort.
To call every hard moment “toxic” and every exit “self-care.”But here’s the thing I can’t unsee: We’re not free.We’re floating.
We’re terrified of being pinned down, so we never land.
We curate lives that look good online and feel hollow in private.
We call chaos “adventure.”
We call fear “boundaries.”
We call delay “healing.”
But nothing is growing.THE MORNING I KNEW SOMETHING HAD TO CHANGEThe other day I woke up early. Not for anything dramatic—just couldn’t sleep. I made coffee and sat in the silence, hoping for peace. Instead, all I felt was panic.
I thought about how many years I’ve spent talking about “potential,” like that’s a personality trait.
How often I’ve avoided conflict, then called it “protecting my peace.”
How many people I’ve hurt by disappearing because I didn’t want to feel awkward.
How long I’ve been waiting to become someone I’m not building.
And I thought of you.
Because we used to dream big—not about being rich or famous—but about being real.
Whole. Steady. Known. Brave.
We’ve stopped dreaming like that.THIS ISN'T BLAME. IT'S A WAKE-UP CALL.Our generation wasn’t set up to win.
We were handed anxiety and algorithms.
We grew up watching adults burn out or numb out.
We were told to chase happiness, but no one taught us how to stay through pain.
So now we’re here—good hearts, bad habits.
And the truth is: This isn’t your fault. But it is your responsibility.
Because no one’s coming to rescue us.
No boss, no soulmate, no TED Talk.
We have to decide to grow up—for real this time.
Not the curated hustle, polished for likes but empty as a staged Instagram kitchen.
Not in the soulless checkbox kind of way.
But in the gritty, honest, deeply inconvenient way.LET'S CHOOSE THE HARDER, BETTER THING.I’m not asking you to become someone else.
I’m asking you to become who you were always meant to be.
– Show up when the conversation gets hard.
– Stay when the thrill wears off.
– Do the job that’s beneath your ego but builds your soul.
– Start the thing that scares you.
– Finish the thing you’ve been avoiding.
– Be the one who says “I was wrong”—and means it.
– Plant roots. Build something. Let it outlast you.It won’t always feel good.
It won’t always be fun.
But it will be real.I STILL STRUGGLE TOOI still freeze when I feel misunderstood.
I still dodge hard talks.
I still want to ghost my own responsibilities some days.
But I’m tired of running.
I’m tired of watching my life from the sidelines.
I’m tired of calling half-living “freedom.”
And I think you are too.
So let’s stop pretending.
Let’s do the unglamorous, holy work of becoming actual adults.
Not because the world demands it.
But because the people we’re becoming deserve it.
Because the next generation needs something more solid than our sarcasm.
Because we can’t live the rest of our lives in a holding pattern, waiting to feel “ready.”
Let’s grow up—not with shame. But with dignity.
Let’s build lives with weight.
I’ll go first.
Always,
G. Michael BrynennPS. This isn’t a call-out. It’s a call home.
PPS. The cure isn’t more clarity. It’s more commitment.
It’s in the sweat, the silence, the sacred boredom of showing up again tomorrow.
Even when no one claps.
Even when no one sees.
Even when you're scared.
Especially then.

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A mirror for your maturity—no filters, no labels, just clarity.

What Is the Grounded Self Audit?This is not another personality quiz. The Grounded Self Audit is a structured self-assessment tool designed to help you:• Identify blind spots you’ve been avoiding (we all have them).• Measure real-world maturity—not how “adult” you feel, but how you act.• Build a roadmap for intentional growth, not wishful thinking.Why Take It?• For the Self-Aware: If you’re tired of surface-level “adulting” hacks and crave sustainable change.• For the Courageous: If you’re ready to stop blaming circumstances and start owning your choices.• For the Honest: If you want to see where you truly stand—not where you wish you stood.How It Works• 25 Questions, 5 Pillars:
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