There’s a huge vocabulary for starting things and pushing through. Almost none for “this still matters to me, just not right now.” ✍️ This week Veronica, our Senior Editor, writes about the missing middle between persistence and giving up, and the research-backed case for deliberately shelving a goal instead of forcing it forward or abandoning it entirely. The reframe is simple but worth sitting with: not now is a decision too. And making it intentionally is completely different from giving up. Before you add another goal to the list this season, it might be worth checking what happened to the ones already there. Comment “Newsletter” below to join 200k+ people who read Intelligent Weekly every week. —— happiness, positivity, journaling, healing, journaling, empowerment, rewireyourbrain, intelligentchange, positivethinking, selfcareritual, positivemindset