Assignment begins below. Please take the course of your week to complete. If it takes you longer, that is okay. Be patient with yourself as you thoughtfully think through it all.
Goal
A Real Question: Do you ever think about giving up?
I asked this question of a friend of mine years ago and it began a new aspect of our friendship/business friendship. She didn’t tell me at the time, but she was giving up basically just moments before I called. I hired her that day to get my business up and running and that moment changed both of our trajectories. It was a low moment in my eyes, maybe for her eyes too…but I wouldn’t trade that moment for anything.
What is the point? The point is when you are digging for oil, you can’t see when you are about to strike it. The very next hit could be the one.
THE VERY NEXT HIT COULD BE THE ONE.
Identify
On a new page of your journal, reflect on a time when you nearly gave up. What was happening? Why did you want to give up? What was so hard in the moment? Who (if anyone) did you call? Explain to yourself everything as if you were telling a stranger.
After you’ve completed that, read it over again. Take it all in. When was that? How far have you come since then? If you are in a season of giving up right now, reflect on this for a while.
If you are up to it, write a new entry about NOT GIVING UP.
Affirmation
I’ll never give up on myself. NEVER.