Steem4nigeria Accelerator Contest Week 109: Letting Go

This contest makes me imagine of holding a big rope very tight in my hand. At first, it was okay for me to hold it. But after some time holding it, the rope starts to hurt my hand very well. Surely, i can feel the pain, but I still keep holding it because I'm scared of what will happen if I leave it to go off my hand. Maybe I might think the rope is helping me, or just used to the pains. However,But the clear truth is that, the longer i hold it, the more it will keeps hurting me. So Sometimes, the only way to stop the pain is to let go.

So therefore,that’s how letting go really feels. Truth to be told, it’s not very easy as we think, but sometimes it’s the best thing to do for our peace of mind.

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What Does Letting Go Mean?

Therefore,letting go simply means leaving something that is no longer helping me anymore. However, it can be a job we are used to, or a long time relationship, even a habit, or even my dream. It doesn’t really mean that I'm weak or lazy. It means I am wise enough to know when something is no longer good for me.

However here, we like to say “just manage it” or “e go better one day.” But sometimes, managing is not the best answer. If something is stressing me, making me sad, or wasting my time, i have to think well. However, Letting go is not failure. It is choosing peace, growth, and happiness.

Letting go also means trusting that better things will surely comes no matter how long it might seems. When I leave what is not working, I'm opening space for new blessings to comes in.

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My Experience of Letting Go

I once worked for someone in a small business center. At the beginning, it was fine I enjoyed it. I was learning and also earning small money, and getting experience. But after some times, the work which was fine before,started to stress me. My time was not respected anymore. I worked more than the normal Hours I was supposed to worked.I would resume early, close late, and still feel like I didn’t do anything meaningful.

The pay was small comparing to my important needs, and I was always tired anytime I reached home.I couldn’t focus on my own plans. I was helping someone build their dream, but mine was dying slowly. I kept holding on because I didn’t want people to say I was jobless. But inside me, I was not happy.

I started missing personal goals. I couldn’t rest well. I was always worried. Seriously ,that was really when I knew I had to stop this work and simply let go. Truly Yes, i have to just let go off the job, even if i didn’t have another one waiting for me at the moment. I knew ,It was really a hard decision though, but I chose myself and peace of mind over it.

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How Did I Know It Was Time to Let Go?

However,I started feeling frustrated and feeling more pain than the joy. That was when I knew I should let go.Every day felt like punishment to me. I was not growing at all. I was just doing the same thing again and again everyday. I was tired, stressed, and stuck in.

I also saw that my time was being wasted althrough. Truly, I had enough and good ideas and dreams, but I couldn’t just chase them why because the work was taking everything from me off. I was not learning anything new again. I was just surviving.

I do prayed about it everyday, talked to people I trust about it, and I finally made up my mind. When I finally left, I felt enough of peace. That peace told me I did the right thing at that moment, which was letting go of the work.

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In all, as we know now,letting go is not really easy,it's hard. Because you may feel scared or confused. But, I can surely say that even if its being hard, it’s the only way and the best thing to do if we want to move forward ahead. Therefore if anything is making me to be unhappy at any particular time , I'll just try to ask myself: “Is this thing helping me become a better person and grow?” If the final answer to that particular question is no, then for me, it’s time for me to let go.

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I place my humble invite to:@saintkelvin17,@adeljose,@okereblessing, to participate.

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Best regards:@emishael60

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_{All shown pictures are mine shoot on Tecno spark30.}

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