“Every time you keep going, you prove your strength.” This is Week 7 of my balanced life reset — a week living with depression, low motivation, and the temptation to quit everything I’ve started. I just wanted to give up. Not in a dramatic way, but in a quiet, persistent urge to stop trying, stop writing, stop posting, stop pushing myself to change. I didn’t want encouragement. I didn’t want motivation. I wanted to hide. And honestly, that’s been the theme for the whole week.