Letting go is one of life’s more difficult challenges. Whether you’re in overthinking overdrive questioning a toxic relationship, negative emotions, or a passionless career, letting go can be painful yet highly rewarding.
5 Signs It’s Time to Practice the Art of Letting Go
1. You feel like you’re sacrificing your identity.
A relationship or job should never cause you to feel like you’re changing yourself or your values to make things work. You will never be truly happy if you are not true to yourself.
2. You consistently feel unhappy or frustrated.
If you’re not driven to continue with your relationship or job, let it go. Holding on will only bring further heartache. Once you’ve handled the heavy emotions associated with letting go, you’ll wonder why you held on to a sinking ship for so long.
3. You’re always let down.
If your partner or employer continuously make promises they never keep, you’ll forever feel disappointed. Let it go.
4. You can’t remember the last time you felt happy.
Feeling unhappy is no way to live. Focus on your passions and getting what you want from life to satisfy your soul.
5. You feel drained.
Consistently being let down is demotivating and eats away at your happiness and energy levels. Once you’ve tried everything you possibly can to make a relationship or job work with little (or no) avail, it’s time to let go.
