Mental Health
Stop Tolerating These Well-Being Busters
Because giving up whatever causes more pain than joy liberates you
You know quitting is wise sometimes. Life serves a diet you can’t swallow. A relationship turns sour, your job shifts in a direction you dislike, or the negative results of a habit become fatter than the rewards gained by sustaining it.
You might wake one day and make changes because you are no longer prepared to tolerate a mattress spring in your back or the dread of a gossip-filled office each morning.
But, at other times, you’re stuck in a gray zone where you see signs things are wrong and endure your discomfort, anyway. You suffer because you’ve not reached the breaking point. What might happen if you note signals to alter your course and make a break sooner?
In my case, wisdom came with maturity. I learned how to handle relationships and oust what didn’t work in my life more easily with each passing year. But I still recall all those times when I clung to connections, habits, and other things that didn’t serve me.
Sometimes, I believed time would create change, so I waited for events to alter. At others, I thought if only I tried harder, I could change unfavorable circumstances.
