Mike Carruthers

So what about the word quitting?

Well, this is a great topic to discuss, primarily because it's so seldom discussed.

And yet we all face those circumstances, those situations where we're torn between staying and going.

And I think this is really helpful.

I've been speaking with Jeffrey Lockwood.

He's author of the book, The Good Quit, Mastering the Fine Art of Giving Up.

And there's a link to that book in the show notes.

Jeffrey, thank you.

Have you ever had your eyes start twitching for no apparent reason?

Feels weird.

And it usually is harmless.

That twitch is called eyelid myokymia, and it's basically a tiny muscle spasm caused by overactive nerve signals.

And here's the interesting part.

The most common triggers are things most of us deal with every day.

Stress, lack of sleep, caffeine, even too much screen time.

In other words, it's not random.

It's your body telling you that your system's a little overloaded.

The good news is it almost always goes away on its own.

But if it does stick around for weeks or spreads beyond the eyelid, that's when doctors say you should have that checked out.

So that annoying little twitch is not your eye malfunctioning, it's your nervous system asking you to dial things back a notch.