Challenge: Don’t Give Up, Stick at things! Charity: The Natashas Project Total £ accrued: £0 Status: Looking forward to this month’s task!
The Fourth Challenge: Not Giving Up
“One of the hardest parts of life is deciding whether to walk away or try harder.” – One Tree Hill
I have always struggled with being a bit of a quitter; when things get hard I struggle to find the willpower to put in the effort it takes to work at things. I’ve found myself (at different stages of life) wanting to give up on dreams, goals, people (including myself), relationships and even (to an extent) life.
I found a thought-provoking quote by an unknown author that said, “If you give up, it means you never wanted it.”
And to an extent, I agree. Because sometimes giving up is your way of telling yourself that you don’t value what you are doing. But I have struggled with depression, anxiety and the feeling of not being good enough. And I believe, a lot of the time, the desire to give up stems from the fear of rejection.
So I am going to be facing my fear of rejection and of failure, I will be focusing on finding value in what I set myself to do. The challenge will be to ‘stick at it’ with my goals and my challenges and not give up!
How will I do this?
What I love about the charity I have chosen this month is that I know how hard the founder, a good friend of mine, has worked to set up this amazing project which is a merger of two things she has been passionate about for as long as I have known her; dance and putting a stop to human trafficking. A perfect example of not giving up on your dreams and goals.
I will be focusing on:
Persevering with my goals
Following up on my dreams
Sticking at tasks and goals I set myself out to do
Taking the chance despite fear of failure & rejection
Finding the value in everything I do
For every time I give up, I will give out £2 to The Natashas Project!
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