Q Is For… Quit!
Contributed by Tina Holland.
QUIT – I know that doesn’t sound like a very positive word in month full of posts about Inspiration and Renewal. But it is an important step.
I’ve been reading a lot of books about time management and watching blogs on authors who are Resetting and Quitting. Well, not the writing part, but everything else. Two of my favorites are Sarra Cannon and Becca Syme.
Sarra Cannon is doing a whole Reset on her YouTube Heart Breathings Channel and she speaks frankly about letting things go so she can focus on writing this year.
Becca Syme has a book out called Dear Writer, You Need to Quit. I haven’t read Becca Syme’s book but I do follow her Quitcast on YouTube.
Both of these women talk about letting stuff go to focus on writing and letting stuff go. It sounds easier said than done and it is. It can be difficult to get rid of toxic people, unused things and useless tasks.
Though it is hard, at times it is absolutely necessary for our own sanity and safety. I will say for me it has always been easier to get rid of Unused things and Toxic People, but tasks – that thing I can validate with a checkmark or give myself a sticker. I find those the most difficult, because you know, I’m getting stuff done. But is it adding value? Is it taking up more time than it should? Do I love it? I’ve started to evaluate these things more and more as I age.
Each person must decide for themselves what they should Quit. But I encourage you to Quit those things that don’t meet the criteria for your well-being and don’t move you towards your goals.
We can’t move forward if we don’t Quit the things that block our path.
So true!!!!! It seems to me we live in a culture that, by and large, glorifies the idea of finishing everything you start. Now, thank goodness, some people are beginning to wake up to the fact that we CAN’T “do it all.” This means it’s important to consider what it matters most to us to do.
Thanks for an insightful and helpful post!
I agree – there’s only enough time and energy to devote to the things that truly matter, and only an honest personal evaluation can determine that. But when we can quit and/or clear out what’s not adding value to our lives, there’s so much more energy and joy available. What’s not to like about that?
Oh my goodness yes!
I’ve been so busy with other things this AtoZ that I’m only now getting around to blog visiting.
I was recently challenged to write a letter to myself 10 years in the future… and I was stunned by what came out. Apparently the things that I’m focusing my energy on are not the things my subconscious yearns for! This is definitely a time for me to sort that out.
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Interesting perspective. As someone who was only able to rekindle their creative muse upon retirement from full time employment, I can certainly agree that it’s really hard – if not impossible – to work on something creative like writing when you are buried under mounds of other tasks, distractions and life’s minutia. The very idea that you might have a choice! You have options, you say? Even as the words roll around in my mouth, I know you’re right. Don’t wait until you’re 65 to figure it out like someone else I know.