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How to Know When It's Okay to Quit
We were always raised to “try our best” and not to be a “quitter.” Well, society, thanks for setting us up for failure with your terrible advice. It’s OKAY to quit. Many of us spend our time trying...
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Quitting is such a horribly difficult decision for me. I was raised in a family where quitting was absolutely never the answer, and I still try to drag things out, even when I know that I'm probably not going to be able to finish something. There's a really fine line between having tried your best and then deciding to quit, and dragging it out until you can't keep going. This blog is asking you to know that line and to always act on it, but I think the issue is that most people can't tell when they're crossing it.
So many people too (including myself) get sucked into the sunk cost fallacy. "But I've already put so much work into xyz!" We use this as a justification for staying even if life would be measurably better if we dealt with the pain of quitting something or someone, learned from mistakes made, and moved on.