Yesterday, I wrote about the value of quitting frequently; how it’s healthy to leave some activities incomplete if it means we can focus on more important things.
This reminded me of an idea from author, Bob Goff.
Bob felt his life was filled with clutter. Unimportant things consumed most of his attention. So he decided to declare Thursdays as his quitting day.
Every Thursday, for more than a year, he’d quit something. And he encouraged other people to do the same to declutter their lives.
It could be quitting that unnecessary extra cup of coffee each afternoon.
It could be quitting making excuses about not keeping in touch with close friends.
It could be something insane like quitting chocolate… well, that’s only an insane for some people 😉
We don’t have to go to Bob’s extreme of quitting something every week for a year, but it’s a helpful thought experiment. It challenges us to pause and think about the things that don’t add value to our lives, and that we could eliminate.
When we contemplate quitting these activities, do we feel a sense of liberation? If yes, what’s the worst that could happen if we followed those feelings to a quitting conclusion?