Make peace with the mirrow and watch your reflection change.  – I saw this once on a t-shirt. Still hits.

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.

And somewhere in that cycle, I gave up. Over and over again. Until I finally quit. Not the journey. Not the goal. I quit the way I’d always approached it.

And that changed everything.

Here’s what I mean:

I quit trash-talking myself and started talking to myself the way I talk to the people I love.
I quit making excuses and started making decisions.
I quit waiting for a better time and started where I was.
I quit sabotaging my efforts and started trusting the process.
I quit waiting for motivation and started building discipline.
I quit doubting myself and started believing I could do it

That’s when things truly started to shift. Not because I was perfect. Not because the process was easy. But because I quit doing the things that made me give up.

Quitting Isn’t Failure.

It might just be the most powerful beginning you’ve never tried.
Changing your mind is hard.
Choosing yourself is hard.
Showing up again after you’ve backslid is hard.

But the real work happens when you stop holding on to the stuff that’s been holding you back.
So if you’re stuck in the loop, if you’re feeling the start-over spiral pulling you in again…

Maybe today’s the day you quit.
Quit the old patterns.
Quit the negative self-talk.
Quit the quick fixes and the unrealistic timelines.

And then? Start.
Start with grace. Start with curiosity.
Start again and again and again.

Because quitting the right things can help you keep going.
xo,
Lisa 💜