72. 7 Things I Told You to Give Up in 2021 | Revisiting My Own Advice 5 Years Later

Today I'm doing something a little different — I'm going back to an article I wrote for Medium in 2021 called "Seven Things to Give Up If You Want to Have a Healthier Mindset," and asking the question: does it still hold up five years later? What did I know then, and what have I actually had to learn the hard way since?I go through all seven — trusting your first thought, absolutes, disempowering people, timelines, over-compromising, wanting to look smart, and constantly pushing through — and I'm sharing what still rings true, what I'd reframe now, and the real-life lessons (some of them humbling) that I've picked up in the years since I first wrote this. This one's a little bit of time travel and a lot of honest reflection on what mindset work actually looks like when you're living it instead of just writing about it.In This Episode:Revisiting my 2021 Medium article, five years laterGive up trusting your first thought — and why I still challenge mine every timeGive up absolutes — and the nuance I've learned sinceGive up engaging with people who disempower you (and what to do when you can't just "lose their number")Give up living on a timeline — why I'm tattooing this one on my brainGive up compromising too much — and the deeper work of knowing my own valuesGive up wanting to look smart — lessons from grad school and my acting class daysGive up constantly pushing through — rest vs. avoidance, and how to tell the differenceWhy mindset work isn't something you learn once — it's something you keep re-learning at new levelsRESOURCES:My original 2021 Medium article: "Seven Things to Give Up If You Want to Have a Healthier Mindset"My mindset coach, Amy Austin✨ Connect with Maddie ✨**Explore Maddie's Website | @messywithmaddie**