Don’t stick with something just because you have been doing it a long time - just because you’ve been doing it for years is no reason to continue doing it. Your reason for continuing must be stronger than that. Not only that, but giving up before you have really started on something is not always wrong - even if you’re at altitude in the plane, you can still decide not to make that parachute jump. There are times when listening to our instincts just makes sense for our own personality type.
Even Donald Trump advises entrepreneurs “not to fall so in love with their own ideas that they don’t know when to cut their losses - quit and move on. " He advises getting out before those ideas drag you down and you lose everything. In other words, if you’re working for peanuts, exhausting yourself for little return, and decide to end this venture so that you can try something that will be more personally or financially rewarding, that’s simply cutting out an unprofitable venture and freeing yourself to pursue a better path. It should not be seen as just quitting because something is hard. It’s the same with personal ventures - if your relationship is all you, giving all the time, always bending away from what you want, and never coming back your direction (give and take), give up. Break it off and meet someone new who will be more compatible with your wants.
The next stage of your life will be different, as it will be informed by what has happened and what you had to quit in order to move forward. Take this positive view of the ending being a learning process and you will forge ahead well into your new endeavors.
People respond positively to a positive take on hard luck stories because they inevitably place themselves in your shoes and try to envision how they would react if it happened to them; moreover, many people are actively storing away your decision to inform their own life’s path! So give them something positive and constructive to take away from your experience with your upbeat explanations about why your decision was the right one. They may even have some positive reinforcement or great idea to add, once you have them on board with your decision to quit.
Sometimes when you face tribulations, in your weakness you think of quitting. We always disparage those who surrender or resign easily just because they are foiled by problems. But sometimes when you give up, you will feel relaxed and less anxious. Because you might have a larger goal that you feel more connected to than what you have been chasing till now. Giving up does not mean an end alone. It means an end leading to a new beginning.
