When You Feel Like Giving Up on Your Dreams: 7 Reasons to Keep Going

Get ready to level up as we dive in . Hey y'all , welcome back to another episode of the Motivation Bay podcast . It's me , it's Hills . Hey , so excited to be back , to be with you today . I hope you're having a beautiful day , wherever you are . I want you to know that you woke up today . It is a gift for you to be with you today .

I hope you're having a beautiful day , wherever you are . I want you to know that you woke up today . It is a gift for you to be alive and the world needs what you have this episode is going to .

This episode was actually me talking slash journaling to myself the other day and I thought , man , if this is something I needed to do for myself , this is definitely a message I need to share with you . I just want to start by saying if you feel like giving up the goals , the dreams .

If you feel like what the heck is happening at the start to the year is nothing like I anticipated for myself . I feel so behind , I feel so lost , I feel so confused . I just not where I thought I would be . Right now , I'm going to tell you that you are not alone .

You are not alone , babe , and it has been such a challenging start to the year for myself personally . I'm not going to get into the details .

There is just a lot happening at home that we are dealing with and just really navigating some challenges that we're going to have to get through and stay strong for , and I just I just need to focus on what I can control .

And when I'm sitting at home , when I'm sitting in my own thoughts , when I'm sitting in my car , when I'm laying in bed , when I'm just kind of zombying out like I'm just in , like this , like this functional freeze state , I'm like , okay , I can't control X , y or Z , but what I can control is the way I feel , and I can control doing the things that light

up my soul . And I can control things like setting up my equipment so I can record a podcast , because when I keep asking myself about 2025 and this year and all the goals and things that I'm really excited for . If I could just pinpoint the one thing that brings me the most joy happiness , ease and flow it is this .

It is talking to you Because I just really feel connected to the women who listen to this podcast , because we know we're not perfect . We're all trying so dang hard . We're ambitious , we're go so dang hard , we're ambitious , we're go-getters .

I am you , you are me , like we're in this together and I can just be me so vulnerably and authentically and share these little bits and pieces of my life , but at the same time , I can share a message that not only serves me , but I know it can help me , it can help you , and it's just this like beautiful exchange of I'm going to pour into you and at

the same time , it fills my cup up to know that I'm helping just one person in this world . So I want us to help one person with every single message I'm able to share . Let me gather myself here . I want to talk about when you feel like giving up , because I have been in the thick of it .

I can't even describe the past few weeks and just the roller coaster ride it's been , regardless of what you see of this , highlight reels on social media , what's happening behind the screens , y'all . Real life is happening for all of us .

And you know , I think it's really easy to assume bits and pieces about someone's life and just never assume we know how the rest of that saying goes . Man , I've just thought so many times these past few weeks like what if I just clicked the pause button ?

What if I just clicked the pause button on my dreams and my goals and I just focused on survival mode ? And what if I just paused ? And that's a scary thought , because pause leads to like a stop , and to stop actively pursuing and chasing my dreams is my biggest fear in life .

It's my biggest fear for all of us that we believe if we just took a slight pause it'll get better . And I just know that is not the case . That is not how this works . That is not how this goes . There is no pause button on our dreams . There is a pivot , there is a slowdown .

I want to give you seven reasons today why you should never give up on your dreams . I want to give you seven reasons today why you should never give up on your dreams . First , your vision was planted in you for a reason . The dreams that you have , the goals that you have , they are not random . Best believe that they are a part of your unique purpose .

We all have a purpose for being here . None of this is by coincidence . This is all by design , by much bigger design than we can comprehend , and the goals and the dreams and the desires we have are all a part of that journey , that story . And when you kind of zoom out and you think about that , that feels good . That feels good to know that .

I'm going to tell you what feels even better though . You were chosen to bring these goals , these dreams to life because only you can do it in your own unique way . Anyone can start a podcast own unique way . Anyone can start a podcast .

Anyone can start a skincare business , launch a product , make purses , clothes Anyone can do any of this , but no one can do it the way you do it . I love that . I love that Next time you feel like that imposter syndrome coming in but it's already done .

The market's saturated , it's like , but no one's you , no one has your unique gifts like , but it's already done . The market's saturated , it's like , but no one's you , no one has your unique gifts , abilities , mindset , message , story . Only you . Of all the billions of people in this world , only you . This is like therapeutic right now .

Number two you've come too far to stop now . First , I need you . Whatever you're doing is just to take a moment to like look back and realize that you've already overcome so many challenges , so many late nights and early mornings and cry sessions and so many times you've wanted to throw in the towel , like you've already gone through all of that .

You've already had the breakthroughs , the prayers that have been answered . You didn't come this far just to come this far , talking to me , hillary Ann . You did not come this far to come this far , my friends .

You came this far as a testament to yourself that you can continue to make you through the next challenge , the next hurdle , the next , whatever it is , you can overcome it because you've overcome everything else that has already happened to you . Whenever you feel like you can't look back at all the times you said that and you have overcome .

You can't look back at all the times you said that and you have overcome . You've come too far to stop now . Number three someone needs what you're building . Someone needs what you're doing , your voice , your message , your work it can truly change someone's life . I love this is what fuels my soul . It's so much bigger than you or I .

It's so much bigger than me . Something like this podcast . It's not much bigger than you or I . It's so much bigger than me . Something like this podcast it's not for me .

It's because I know that if I can help one woman who is going through a hard time by being real and authentic and vulnerable , by you writing your story , by you starting your podcast , by you filming your content , by you volunteering , doing whatever it is that you do , it is helping someone .

There are women , men , people waiting for the guidance that only you can give , and that is so dang beautiful . That is so beautiful that you have the ability to create what I call the ripple effect in other people's lives , and it's just this contagion of amazing positive energy that people will just pass forward , pass forward and pass forward .

Number four the hardest moments lead to the greatest rewards . Every successful person that we admire has faced these moments of doubt uncertainty , imposter syndrome , confusion , wanting to quit themselves , but they kept going .

So look at the people that you aspire to , that you admire , and know that the success that they've achieved didn't come without these same feelings , because we are all human and no one is immune to challenges and struggles and the internal battle of growth . No one is immune to that .

Remember that the breakthrough always comes after the most challenging part of your journey , like when it is getting so dang hard . That means something so good is waiting . Number five , your future self , is counting on you . This is really beautiful .

I saw on Instagram this carousel , this graphic that said there are only two people in this world that matter most , and it's not our parents , it's not our teachers or mentors . It is the eight-year-old you and the 80-year-old you .

And I want you right now to imagine the 80-year-old you , imagine meeting her , imagine looking at her in the eyes and saying I did it . Eyes and saying I did it , I stayed the course , I trusted the process . And she just looks at you with this smile and says , like she tells you , like it's not about the success and the achievement , it's about the peace .

As long as you're happy , as long as you're fulfilled , as long as you found your life's purpose at 80 years old , nothing else matters but that you don't live with regret and you are just truly happy with your journey . She's waiting for you . She wants you to keep going .

She wants you to do everything it is that lights your soul on fire , that brings you happiness . If it doesn't bring you happiness , we got to find ways to let that go . I'm dealing with that one in a separate episode , but I'm dealing with that too , and that's okay . That's okay . It's all about moving in the direction that we belong .

Number six you are proof that it's okay . It's all about moving in the direction that we belong . Number six you are proof that it's possible . By us continuing our journey , we are showing others that they can chase their dreams , their goals too . We're , in essence , creating our own legacies by being courageous , by being resilient , by moving forward .

You are proof that it's possible . Before the person ran the eight minute mile , it was impossible . Before we went to the moon , it was impossible .

But then someone did it and then they kept doing it and there was more people after them , and maybe you are the trailblazer for your community , maybe you are the changemaker for your generation , for your group , for your area . Like , you are proof that it's possible , and I love to hold that responsibility and carry that in moments when I feel like giving up .

It's like then that means she can too , and it's like God . I don't want her to give up , like I want her to keep going Right , like I want all of us to keep going .

Number seven this is our last one . Your best chapters are still unwritten . What if your biggest successes , your proudest moments , the life changing opportunity is just ahead of you . You can't see it yet , though . Is just ahead of you . You can't see it yet , though . You'll never know unless you keep going . I know it's hard .

I know it's so easy to listen to these words and understand this message . Nothing about this is new . We hear the inspirational , you know content creators and YouTubers and podcasts who say all these things , but like woman to woman , like real talk , like 32 year old woman who's figuring it out over here , knowing that these words are truth . This is real .

These are the reasons we cannot give up on our dreams . I'm going to leave you with this . You are unstoppable . You were built for this . You are not a quitter , you are a finisher , and one day soon , you'll look back and say I am so glad I never gave up . Now take a deep breath . I keep going , babe . Your dream is already on its way to you .

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