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Quit optional activities you don't enjoy. My daughter hated T- ball.
There's a lot going on right now. Holiday prep. Election updates. Dark days. Year-end deliverables. Here in the North, we're finally into cold weather. Are you feeling the intensity?
With everything that's happening in your life, the US and the world right now, I want to provide you with relief, permission to rest, and a chance to slow down. I want to help you find some ease.
One simple path to more ease is Be A Quitter.
I can hear some of you saying, "Nope. That's impossible. I can can't shirk my responsibilities." We're taught that being a quitter is Bad with a capital B.
Quitting is good. Sometimes, you must.
You are a kind and generous person. You likely say yes to more things than you can reasonably handle. Quitting is one path to balance. (So is saying no but that's a conversation for a different day.)
Tony Robbins says that quitting in order to honor your values is vital. (And if Tony Robbins says it, it must be true.)
Try these ideas on for size:
- Promised you'd attend a baby shower, and now you feel like you need a quiet evening at home? Send a Babies R Us gift card with a kind note and quit! Honor your value of quiet.
- Volunteered to organize an event and realize you've said yes to one to many things? Send an email and quit! Honor your value of free time.
- Agreed to have lunch with a friend from college who you don't like much anymore? Decline, make a note not to schedule this lunch again, and quit! Honor your value of authentic relationships.
When you are evaluating how you spend your day, consider if an activity brings you joy - nor not. Choose to do the things that bring you joy. And offer a polite, accountable, "I quit."
It's a good practice. And the discomfort of quitting will ultimately teach you where you need to say no to honor your values.
I hope this brings you some ease and simplicity.
Christina
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