Don't try!

Something I read that has come to mean a lot to me when I look back and connect the dots now. 

Trying. It has been my life’s lesson. I kept trying to get better at what I do, trying to be the better employee, trying to have a better life, trying to be the good daughter... but in the process of trying all this, we forget that the trying can exhaust us. It can suck us dry and leave us uninterested even in the things that matter. So what? Stop trying? 

“How can I do that?” was the constant horrifying thought that kept echoing down my mind, every time I thought of stopping to try, letting it go. Until I read the quote gem that I mentioned above. Thanks Mark Manson for that :)

For the reminder that trying is worthwhile only when the goal is. Find your goal, love it with all your heart, and then keep trying till you get there. This prioritization is something that took me ages to learn but I think I have finally life hacked it. Find what you love, try everything you can to get it - be it for jobs or relationships. 

(But for the rest) Don’t try! Let them go...