How to ‘give up’

No need to fight the urge – try this instead 🌿

Have you ever wanted to give up?

Yep, me too 😉

Wanting to give up is perfectly normal.

But what sometimes happens is we forget this — and assume there must be something wrong with us if we’re having this thought.

And then we battle to resist or ignore it. Or sometimes shame ourselves for having the thought in the first place 🙃

But what if you ‘gave in’ to the thought?

What if you imagined ‘giving up’?

What would that actually look like?

Often not what we think it means.

Sometimes we want to GIVE UP because we’re having a bad day. And sometimes what we actually mean by ‘giving up’ is taking a break. (Not such a bad thing!)

Or sometimes what we want to give up is a specific idea, that no longer aligns with who we are now.

Maybe what we mean by ‘giving up’ is that we want to re-prioritise. Maybe it simply means reorganising and re-adjusting to what our life is calling for right now. (Again, no bad thing!)

The thought of ‘giving up’ is often a catch-all. For so many thoughts and feelings underneath.

“I WANT TO GIVE UP!!” is our mind’s way of getting our attention. It’s a tad dramatic, sure 😉 But, in its own way, effective.

So next time you’re thinking of giving up, and you feel yourself wanting to resist it…

I invite you to explore it.

Imagine giving up. Right now.

What do you notice? How does your body respond?

These are clues for what you want and desire. There is no shame in exploring this.

Think of it like a check-in or alignment.

Do I still want this thing? Do I want to do it right now, in the timeframe I’d envisaged? Do I want it in this specific way I imagined?

You probably don’t want to burn it all to the ground. (Even though I know it sometimes feels that way.)

So see what you specifically do want.

And then go from there. No shame in giving up required. 🧡🌿