Giving Up on Giving Up

I'm ready for a better life.

I'm ready to be somebody.

I'm ready to move forward. 

I'm giving up on giving up.

Why is it so hard to fail? Why is it such a fear of ours? I mean isn't failure just an opportunity to show how strong we actually are? To do it better? Isn't it just another chance to succeed? Failure is just another opportunity. 

Every single day I fail a hundred thousand times and I will continue failing a hundred thousand times a day. But I also succeed a hundred thousand times a day. I pick myself up from those failures.....at least I used to. 

I'll admit it; I've given up, at least a little bit. I've hit a wall and have accepted that it's impossible to break through it. My failures have become much harder to roll off my back. I am accepting my failures as the end, not the opportunity to begin again. Time to hit the reset button on my brain and this is precisely what this post is. This is my reset button. This is me giving up on giving up. 

In an article by Emma Watson (no not that one), a Lifehack expert, 5 Tips to Stay Positive in Negative Situations, she provides tools to help pick you up out of the negative puddle we all find ourselves in at one point or another. 

After reading this article I realized I have all the tools necessary to maintain a positive frame of mind, more so that most people out there. 

1. Have a Positive Support Group

2. Voice Your Blessings

3. Retrain Your Mind

4. Exercise Your Body and Mind

5. Accept Change/Failures and Find Solutions

I have so many things to be thankful for and feel blessed for. I have an amazing support system both at home and in my workplace; something that many people lack. So I have step one down! On to the next! I am on a mission. 

I would add one thing to the list. Have an outlet. Have something to completely separate you from your thoughts for a while. Relax. Have some time for yourself where you can do anything you want. For me it’s crafting, writing and dancing. A little music and a piece of paper and I will be able to mentally reset myself and be ready to take on life as it comes. 

This is my declaration of independence. From negativity, from a life full of doubt, from the black cloud that had been sitting over my head raining down negative thoughts and drowning me in my own ridiculous submission to those toxic moments of failure. No more. I won't drown, I'm a fantastic swimmer. 

-ALR