What could be released in my life in order for me to live more fully?

My first instinct with this question, was to say, “love,” even though I already love…. more love.

I see most of you have thought of negative things you wish to let go. In my own life, I found it is very hard for me to let go of anxiety or fear or baggage or bad habits just like that. With willing it to be away. Nature hates a vacuum, as we used to say. When I try to let go of some things, I create a vacuum and it comes back. Rebounding. Almost like it is super sticky. It’s frustrating. So after feeling like I wasn’t getting anywhere, I tried something different, and it has always been easier to banish something by REPLACING IT with something good at the same time, and pushing the negative out as there is no longer room for it!

Fear, anxiety… move ahead. Get busy with something that really matters. Maybe volunteer somewhere.
Bad habit… replace it with a good habit. Set goals for the new habit. Take up a class in something completely out of my depth.
Depression… gratitude and purposeful action, usually in service to others.
Baggage… sometimes I give myself a time limit to think about old stuff. Sometimes I try to address an old pattern by consciously starting a new, healthy one… figure out a new way to “react” to a triggering situation, or just a way to recognize a “reaction” sooner… “flags” I call them, that I am reacting and not acting. And I’ll find a self-care routine for when I feel challenged by my baggage.
Sometimes speaking up instead of staying silent helps a lot, too.

So I read the question first today and sat with it to think of an answer. I’ve learned for me I’m more likely to get a better answer if I “sit” with the question for a while and don’t hurry, and what I noticed is the question didn’t say just to release, but said, “released in my life.” IN my life. And that is why I thought of LOVE, because, well, we could all use more of it! I started thinking of more love for my family and the people I know, but also more love for myself. Love for myself still tends to read like a weather report. Today we have sunny! Or, “Cold and rain expected with heavy self-criticism.” or, “Nightmares and sensitivity all day.” “Lack of confidence, clearing in the afternoon.” Well.

More love.