You don’t know what you’re made of while life is asking nothing from you.

Ease does not test anything, which is why long comfortable stretches can leave you genuinely unsure of yourself. You have no recent evidence, so the question of what you can handle stays theoretical and your imagination fills the gap with doubt. That is not a reason to wish for hardship. It is just why so many people underestimate themselves during calm periods.

If you are curious about your capacity, ask something of yourself deliberately rather than waiting for life to ask. Take on a difficulty you have chosen and can size. Chosen challenges are a much kinder way to learn what you are made of.