What do I do when I feel like giving up on my dreams?

Feeling like giving up on your dreams is a natural response to facing obstacles, rejection, or slow progress, but it doesn't mean your dreams aren't worth pursuing. This feeling often comes when the gap between where you are and where you want to be feels impossibly large, or when you've faced repeated setbacks that make success seem unlikely. Sometimes dream fatigue develops when you've been pushing toward a goal for a long time without seeing the progress you expected. It's important to distinguish between temporary discouragement and genuine recognition that a dream no longer serves you. Take time to reconnect with why this dream mattered to you in the first place - has that underlying motivation changed, or are you just tired from the journey? Consider whether your approach needs adjustment rather than abandoning the goal entirely. Maybe you need to break a large dream into smaller, more manageable steps, or find a different path toward the same outcome. Sometimes what feels like failure is actually redirection toward something better suited to who you've become. It's also okay to evolve your dreams as you grow and coping with change - letting go of one version of a dream might open space for something even better. If the dream still resonates with your values and brings you joy to imagine, consider what small step you could take today to move closer to it. Remember that most meaningful achievements take longer and require more persistence than we initially expect.