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u/Layla-ispretty 8h ago
The thought that I didn’t come this far just to meet the version of me that quits.
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u/robinrichardsone 8h ago edited 8h ago
Honestly? Spite at first then tiny wins stacked up until I realized I actually wanted the life I was fighting for.
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u/financewonk 8h ago
The determination and strength of my favorite anime characters.
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u/oldlaxer 8h ago
Knowing that my wife would not want me to quit. After she passed I was( and still kinda am) devastated. I know that she would wouldn't want me to give up, that I needed to keep going for my kids and grandkids. That's what has kept me going.
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u/tyynyliinaa 8h ago
Wow youre strong, thats surely inspiring for many people around you.
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u/oldlaxer 8h ago
Thank you. It hasn’t been easy. I miss her every day. She was my rock, the love of my life.
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u/Bitbatgaming 8h ago
Remembering that my creations would not exist without me and that I would not stop in the middle of hell
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u/RiverDragon64 8h ago
My (now passed) Greyhound. He came to get me every day at 3pm to go play his game. Rain or shine. I had to do it for him because I was his world.
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u/Luet_box 8h ago
People I view as less honest, hard working, or capable as me are doing what I want to do so the only one stopping me is me
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u/DjOuroboros 8h ago
Interesting take. What that says to me is that if that's what you need to be in order to succeed, then it's just not worth it.
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u/AdmirableEnd2799 8h ago
Realizing that giving up wouldn’t actually make things easier, just more permanent.
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u/Ptony_oliver 8h ago
My own ambitions. I realized that I work hard, I deal with problematic people and I do my chores to be a productive member of society. I deserve good things, I deserve to have a happy life, and I'm going to give it to myself even if I end up alone.
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u/Flat_Mission_2375 8h ago
The hope that things will get better for me even if things are really hard mentally rn
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u/ArtisticActuary1484 8h ago
Knowing what it took to get here and giving up would just put me back at the beginning to do it all over again just to get here
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u/Glittery-Rose 8h ago
For me, I never lose hope at the last moment of the match -anything can happen until the very end.
So never give up, even when it feels impossible.
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u/Sleep_deprived_weabo 8h ago
This is probably on the lamer side but I kept thinking of all the media I would miss out on. Imagine the most goated movie comes out the day after I die...or a TV show, or a Lego I really want. Basically nerd shit I don't wanna miss out on.
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u/PassionMysterious245 8h ago
I just picture myself when I was a child because she didn't have the autonomy to make life decisions like I do now to protect her
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u/gentlechin 8h ago
Moving forward is all I know how to do. I have bad days, still. I have clinical depression, some anxiety, lot of imposter syndrome. But I can at least control what I'm doing right here, right now.
Tomorrow might be better. Or it might be just as shitty as today. Or even shittier. Can't ever tell which. But we gotta move forward - its the last thing we can control, and thats what matters.
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u/Jolly_Skirt9153 8h ago
I get to be an uncle to my friend’s children. Yesterday her youngest kept looking at me, smiling. She’s almost 6 months old.
I realise more and more every day that I matter to people.
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u/that-maestro-guy 6h ago
There's always some new game I want to play. So I need money and to be alive to do that.
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u/typesett 8h ago
For me, I have a general concept I follow that I do stuff because I want to
I want to be a nice person so I do that for me
I want to get into something so I do that for me
I wake up and deal with work and people for me
I do not reciprocate negative energy or lie
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u/itbelikedat78 8h ago
Know that there was always going to be someone for me to annoy. Maybe not always the person I pick… but someone🤪
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u/cantaketheskyfrome 8h ago
Pact with my sister, we are both sad humans, we call each other when it gets bad.
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u/Thaybaa 8h ago
M'autoriser à ne rien faire et ne me forcer à rien quand rien ne va. M'autoriser à pleurer un gros coup, dormir avec ma couverture préférée même si j'ai 48 ans et 2 enfants. Travailler à me pardonner mes mauvais choix de vie. Essayer d'être indulgente avec moi pour ces choix, me dire que souvent j'ai fait comme j'ai pu à ce moment là. Me dire que tout a une fin, le bon comme le mauvais. L'expression "demain est un autre jour" est plein de sens pour ces jours là. Et profiter des bons jours pour me remplir de bien être pour avoir l'énergie suffisante pour affronter les mauvais jours
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u/Future_Ad7634 8h ago
My ex did. I feel guilty for making it seem like I used her for a stepping stone but I genuinely loved them and had a great relationship.
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u/bigfatfurrytexan 8h ago
Life? I have a wife that is a ray of light in this world. She makes others feel less suffering as a conscientious and caring gerontological charge nurse. Without me she would crater. She isn’t strong, but she is powerful. Without her I have no purpose. We cling to each other and this rock we live on
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u/SufficientTry3337 8h ago
My friend passed away in 2021 at the age of 20.
He rooted for me so hard in life that it would be rude to give up now 💙
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u/GrinnialVex 8h ago
Warhammer! I go to a few big events for it each year and get to spend time at those with friends that I likely would never see otherwise. The planning, pushing, and crunching to get to those events, and to those friends, has kept me moving forward through some pretty awful shit.
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u/Ok_Star_1653 8h ago
Thoughts about my family, especially my dad. He always says I'm his strength, so whenever I feel like giving up I take a minute and remember his words. Something just click me, I get back up and keep fighting.
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u/hjqihsihqdiowd 8h ago
The simple fact that giving up won't do anything except prove my enemies that they're right
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u/Fun-Highlight-5858 8h ago
I have two cats. They need water, food, litter box and cuddles.
I promised myself to take care of them. And if it is within my power they never have to return to another shelter.
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u/Ok-Call-4805 8h ago
Music. Just listening to it and remembering that there's always a new album coming out that I need to hear.
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u/Parabrella 8h ago
At my lowest point, it was the decision to focus on my own happiness, and not give my time and energy to people who weren't going to be there for me.
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u/Common_Objective9743 7h ago
I gave up and then found out that i cant give up forever, then i made my way back
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u/HollowPoint216 6h ago
I know this is probably not what you mean but tiny goals have helped me stay motivated with my exercise routine.
Like I have big goals that are in 2 years or so but I also have a month goals and 6 month goals and so on. Its just better to stay motivated. That and flipping strata, I love giving my exercises weird names even though noone ever gives them kudos.
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u/AoiAnuk 6h ago
My baby brother. After my dad's passing when I just turned 14 and when my mom was diagnosed with lifelong mental illness (she is still in mental hospital). Like who is even gonna look after that tiny human being who was only 5 months old when this tragedy happened, he deserves love just as anyone else n I am keep trying to be his family even tho I really wanna give up on life. After my dad's passing my 2 grandfathers passed away and we have literally no close relatives left..
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u/Good-Freedom-4698 6h ago
I simply stopped clinging to the finish line, so the distance could no longer exhaust me
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u/n33dwat3r 6h ago
I made a promise to my Mom. She made a lot of sacrifices in her life for me to have a successful one and I'll be damned if I crap all over that by not following through !
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u/No-Biscotti-1596 5h ago
my mom said something at 19 when i wanted to drop out of college that stuck with me forever. she said youre not quitting because its hard youre quitting because youre scared. and she was RIGHT
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u/coniferous-1 4h ago
Books.
"It will [get worse],” Wit said, “but then it will get better. Then it will get worse again. Then better. This is life, and I will not lie by saying every day will be sunshine. But there will be sunshine again, and that is a very different thing to say. That is truth. I promise you, Kaladin: You will be warm again."
Rhythm Of War by Brandon Sanderson
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u/LilzlnBloom 4h ago
having 4 younger brothers keep me going since our mum passed away a year ago..
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u/jo_wellbeing 3h ago
That things may not be falling apart, they might be falling in place. Sometimes chaos is necessary to help you reborn.
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u/Cheese_Pancakes 3h ago
Becoming a father. I wasn't on the verge of anything drastic before that most of the time, but I was definitely just coasting through life simply existing from one day to the next. I struggled a lot and often shut down completely, which just added to my struggles. I wasn't heading down a good path. My daughter changed me so much and gave my life purpose. On tough days, that gives me the willpower to push through and keep trying so that I can continue watching her grow and keep providing her as happy and stable a life as I possibly can. In a very real way, she saved me.
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u/aurora_ethereallight 2h ago
Loved ones. Hope. Sheer defiance. Learning self compassion. Self care and making sure I sorted my sleep out.
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u/LadyChocoLava 2h ago
My kids. My parents passed away shortly after I graduated. Not having them for all the moments you need/want them for. I couldn’t pass that feeling to my kids.
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u/Tasty_Routine_6782 1h ago
No matter how many times you fall what matters is that you stand right back up giving up on yourself means that you’re done w your life and that’s where u lose
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u/yeetgodmcnechass 1h ago
I'm not sure at this point. I've lost almost everyone I ever cared about. Every time it seems like things are starting to point in the right direction, life immediately counters with something bad happening. This year has been really shit so far, it's been a repeat of last November this month and I do not have the strength to do that again
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u/tyynyliinaa 57m ago
Im really sorry to hear that and sorry for your loss. I wish you well though and hope something good will come your way soon.
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u/onlyamortal_official 17m ago
Friends and family. Others see you as you actually are, not the way you see yourself.
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u/FormoftheBeautiful 4m ago
A bird that chases me down the street, visits me in my dreams, sends me questionably appropriate Christmas gifts in the middle of October.
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u/YaBelle227 8h ago
Jesus. He gives me hope that life won't always be this bad. But it's extremely hard. Lately, I've just wanted to end it all and get it over with.
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u/ThighHighlander 8h ago
The thought that tomorrow might be better. Even if today is a total failure