🙅 Giving up vs Quitting

The art of moving to another thing.

There’s a quiet difference between giving up and quitting.

One drains you. The other sets you free.

Let me explain.

Some of you may know - I work in Facilities Management.

When people hear that, they usually imagine I deal with buildings. And that’s true, to a point. But it misses the real story.

Facilities Management is less about the building fabric and more about people.

The building is just the backdrop. The real work is about how that space serves the people inside it.

It’s not just about fixing systems or understanding the HVAC. It’s about understanding how the environment shapes experience - comfort, productivity, connection.

And that lesson has a funny way of showing up in life.

I once worked with a company for several years.

They were profitable. Reliable. Forward-looking.

Until one day, they weren’t. Their service began to slip.

They stopped anticipating problems. They dragged their feet on decisions.

Their spark - their drive - was gone.

They hadn’t officially quit.

But they had given up.

And you could feel it.

Giving up has a weight to it. It lingers. It slows everything down.

It drains your energy and fills every interaction with a subtle discomfort.

We’ve all felt it — whether in a job, a friendship, or a romantic relationship.

Being with someone who gave up is a painful experience. Someone has checked out, but still hangs on.

It just drains mental energy and creates discomfort.

But quitting?

That’s something else.

Quitting is decisive. Quitting is active.

Quitting is choosing to step away, not because you don’t care — but because you do.

Because you’re making space for something better.

When you quit intentionally, you free up energy, focus, and future.

You close one chapter to open another.

It’s not failure. It’s design.

And that future?

It’s yours to shape.

The question that I have for this week — what’s one thing you haven’t quit… but maybe should?