Who Wants To Be A Quitter? Then, Join Me Now!

 

WHO Wants To Be A Quitter?  Then, Join Me Now!  YES dude, this is a serious call.  No joke.  No jerks.  Thing is, we are raised, schooled, trained and mentored NOT to QUIT [at all cost].  You'll get haranqued with 'A QUITTER NEVER WINS' and so on.  Oooops, can we pull the brakes for now please?  We're NOT egging you to QUIT on WHAT is good OR on WHAT is an UPSIDE for your life.  NOT at all dude💚💛💜

True, through the years, I did mellow, I did become more circumspect and less 'off the cuff' either in my reactions or even actions.  And even as I believe I became more 'balanced', I did QUIT a few things in my life, WHEN and WHEREVER my judgment call did tell me that it was the best move and best act to take [at that point in time].  BUT sometimes even with a heavy heart, I'd admit that at times, I seemed to torture myself in that 'in between' moments NOT until I was certain I did it right in QUITTING💥💥💥

NOT to blame our forefathers and mentors, we were all recipients of lessons that emphasized all-out hard work, staying the course and grinding it out as the rightful path towards success.  BUT alas, those behaviors somehow became synonymous with virtue.  Seeing things through to the end, NO MATTER WHAT, somehow meant that you OR me, were a better person.  Seriously?  BUT alas, that false belief gets baked into our psyche.  And quoting recent research studies, many of those ideals have led to alarming rates of anxiety, depression and even burnout.  And that post-pandemic movement of quite QUITTING was a sign that millions of us were somehow disillusioned by the promises of those virtues.  BUT the truth is, we've all known someone WHO did QUIT an unfulfilling job, an unhappy relationship OR even an unhealthy passion and instead found joy and success somewhere else.  Sounds familiar???

BUT did you hear that QUITTING is in our DNA?  Our hunter-gatherer ancestors knew WHEN to QUIT a chase so they DIDN'T become the prey.  They knew WHEN to gather their belongings and move on to greener pastures.  BUT hey, there are stuff to QUIT!

QUIT trying to please everyone, will you?

QUIT fearing change & focus on present possibilities.

QUIT living in the past & NOT dwell on regrets or hurts

QUIT putting yourself down because you are ENOUGH

QUIT overthinking and trust your instincts instead

Our takeaway:  WHILE QUITTING per se connotes something NEGATIVE, there are numerous things in our life WHERE QUITTING is the way to go, WHERE QUITTING is the no-brainer decision, WHERE QUITTING seem to carry that lifelong stigma of negativism BUT WHEN it is given more than just another cursory consideration, we DON'T need to move mountains and swing around one hundred eighty degrees our mindsets because, the obvious truths are right there for our picking, one too many things in life WHERE QUITTING is the best fix to the root cause❗❗❗