The things you quit will pay off later

When I look back at what triggered my life to start moving forward,
it is often not the moment I started something.

Rather,
it is often the moment I quit something.

I stopped trying to respond to everything.
I stopped trying to live up to expectations.
I stopped putting effort into things when I didn't know if they had any meaning.

That was,
rather than a positive decision,
closer to the feeling that I just couldn't do it anymore.

But,
the space that opened up there
pays off later.

Right after you quit,
nothing happens.

In fact,
sometimes your anxiety even increases.

“Was this the right thing to do?”
“Didn't I just run away?”

That is how
you doubt yourself.

But as time passes,
changes appear little by little.

The heaviness of the morning is different.
You are not as swayed by other people's words as you used to be.
Your decision-making becomes just a little bit faster.

Even though you aren't trying hard,
you become more steady than before.

That is because
unnecessary noise has decreased.

When you are going through a period where things aren't working out,
it is not that you lack ability.

You are carrying too much.

You are trying to do everything properly,
showing your face everywhere,
and treating everything as a failure.

Of course, that is going to weigh you down.

So,
before you add something,
try quitting something first.

A way of doing things that wears you down.
A place you grow to hate the longer you stay.
Expectations with no end in sight.

You don't have to quit everything.

Just one thing is enough.

Just by doing that,
your feet will feel lighter.

The reason I was able to move forward
was not talent or grit.

I just put down the extra baggage.

Even so,
I am walking just fine.

If that is the case,
isn't that enough?

Life is not
made of things you have piled up.
It is that by putting things down,

you have made it easier to move forward.