You should probably quit. Because sometimes quitting is exactly how you keep going. For years, I played the start-and-stop game. I trash-talked myself. I set goals I couldn’t stick to. I made promises to start Monday, or next month, or when life “settled down.” I set outcome goals like numbers on a scale instead of process goals like staying consistent. I lost weight and gained it back more times than I can count.

You’re going to fail. Probably more than once. Maybe more than you care to count. I know it’s a pill that’s hard to swallow. But stay with me, because there’s so much freedom in it. Failure means you’re trying. It means you’re moving. It means you’re learning what doesn’t work — and making room for what does.