Sometimes we wonder what else we need to do… when the real question is what we should stop doing.
I’m learning to set limits, not only outwardly, but first inside my mind. To stop negotiating with my identity. To build a version of myself that doesn’t need to be admired to feel valuable.
And on that path, I ran into attachments. Those habits, labels or stories that we don’t want to let go of, because deep down they hold us to an idea of who we think we are. We resist changing because letting go… hurts.
It happens with success too. There are those who live off what they were: the popular one in high school, the one who won the medal in high school, the one who always had everything and now doesn’t understand why she was left alone. People trapped in their past best, repeating it like an echo because they are afraid to think that the best has passed.
I have seen it many times in my work. People who sell a lot in the first week.
They get excited, they believe that this is how it will always be… and when they don’t repeat that result the following week, they get frustrated and disappear. Meanwhile, the slow starters, the ones who have to work hard to develop the skill, are often the ones who stay. Because they learned to handle frustration. They didn’t stick to a streak, but rather built a process.
We are all different. Each one has their own path, their tests, their lessons. But if something is common to everyone, it is that sooner or later it is time to let go of something. A role, a character, a story. To move forward you have to leave behind. There is no other.
Letting go is not losing. Letting go is maturing. It is opening your hands and saying: thank you for what was… and welcome what is coming.
My name is Alejandro Granja Peniche and I am convinced that the best is always yet to come. But to see it arrive, you have to make room for it. You have to let go with gratitude. And even if it hurts, even if it’s uncomfortable… it’s worth it.
See you in the future. And I hope, on your path, you also allow yourself to be happy without expecting from others.