134. I Quit... and Started Living Life By Design Again!

What if quitting… isn’t failure?

What if the thing you’ve been told to push through, stick out, or prove yourself in is actually the very thing keeping you from the life you want?

In this deeply personal episode, I share a decision that surprised even me: I quit... Not because things weren’t working. Not because I couldn’t handle it. But because success, at least the way I was pursuing it, had become too expensive.

In the years after my PhD, I began to drift into living by default, finding myself lost in the pursuit of it all. Doing what looked right. What sounded impressive. What I thought I should be doing.

But recently I asked myself a different question: What would it look like to quit living my default and to start living by design again?

The answer required courage... and a series of powerful quits.

In this episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on the things I’ve chosen to walk away from, why letting go felt so difficult, and how good it feels to become her again... the version of my that became lost in the juggle-struggle. If you’ve ever felt guilty for wanting to step away from something that no longer fits, this conversation is for you.

Because quitting isn’t always giving up. In some cases, it doesn't even require walking away...

But sometimes, it’s the most honest act of self-leadership there is...

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