12 Things We Need To Let Go Of Today

This year has been a rollercoaster that we’ve all can’t wait to end, but it has also been an eye opening year, I’ve realised a lot of things, and especially what is important. So as we finally approach the end of the year, there are 12 things I’m letting go of to have a happier, and a more positive life. So what do we need to let go of right now?

01. Being A Perfectionist

This is definitely something I’ve struggled with all of my life, I always want everything to be just right, solve everything and just do everything to the highest standard of perfection, but in reality it isn’t something that can ever be done.

02. People Who Make Me Unhappy

This is one I’ve worked so hard on this year, because I genuinely don’t have time for people who don’t give a crap about me, or they just want something from me, and quite honestly I don’t have time for it. Life is too damn short to make time for people who don’t care.

03. Past Mistakes

I’m definitely the kind of person that overthinks everything but sometimes small things like a mistake I happened to make when I was 12 and then feel guilty about it all over again. Mistakes make you human, and you learn from them, that is the amazing thing about life, we are always learning and evolving.

04. Insecurities

I’ve definitely been on a journey over the last year, and being in lockdown has definitely bought up a lot of insecurities for me. The main one is how I feel about my body. I haven’t felt 100% comfortable in my own skin this year, but I’v0e been working on it with exercise as it makes me feel confident and surrounding my social media with body positive accounts..

05. The Need For Control

This year has quite literally been out of control, people not following the rules, not being able to see loved ones, it has sucked. But I don’t need to control everything, and micromanaging my life just makes life hard, and puts me in a box when I really don’t need to.

06. Guilt

This one leads back to insecurities, but feeling guilty and not good enough, when in reality, I’m an amazing person, with a big heart, and as long as I do my best, then that will always be enough. And if it isn’t? Then those people are not the kind of people that I need in my life.

07. Excuses For Not Making Time For Self Care

I’m the worst for this one, mainly because my main excuse is there are more important things, and sometimes this is true, but if I don’t take care of myself, then I can’t help anyone else. No matter how small the act of self care is, it will make the world of difference.

08. Self Doubt

Self doubt definitely has a massive impact on me, I had a moment over the last few weeks, where I doubted all that I knew, and didn’t think I could do something, but in reality, I’d already done it and achieved what I needed to. We all have times where we doubt ourselves, but we also need to believe in our talents and what we are good at, and not get inside our own heads.

09. People Pleasing

I wrote a big post on this back in the day on how t stop being a people pleaser, and it is tough. You want to be helpful, you want to be supportive, but you can’t always make everyone happy and it sucks. You should never compromise what makes you happy or where you want to in life, to please others or to make others happy.

Read: How to stop being a people pleaser

10. Negativity

Negativity is something that can never be avoided unfortunately, but I am going to focus on the positive side of a situation no matter what. A negative attitude doesn’t help any part of our lives, but by focusing on positivity, it make the world of difference to our outlook, our happiness, and everything we achieve.

11. Worrying

I am pretty sure I’m best friends with worrying, I have a gift of turning something that is probably the size of a grain of salt into Mount Everest due to worry. I am not going to waste my energy on worrying about things outside of my control, putting the worst case scenario in my head. Instead I’m going to say to myself, will worrying and getting no sleep have any impact on the outcome? The answer will always be no.

12. The Comfort Zone

I am definitely the kind of person that gets stuck in my comfort zone, but I also absolutely love a challenge, I love to be pushed to achieve more and it is important for my own growth to get outside of my comfort zone. Sometimes the fear of change can stop you from stepping outside of your comfort zone, but it will be amazing once you take that step.

These are the 12 things we all need to let go of, is there anything that you’re letting go of? Let me know in the comments!

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