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I want to reiterate, it is okay to give up. Some things aren’t worth the price. There is SO MUCH you can do with your life; go after the stuff you really want, that you have a chance of achieving, and that won’t hurt other (and if possible, do the stuff that will help others).
For writing or editing or reading or embroidery or art or whatever, if it makes you happy. If you go back and look things over and say…I’m getting better. If you like it – for goodness sakes, keep going. You may never make it big time, but you are allowed to have HOBBIES. You don’t have to master everything. You don’t have to make money at it. Don’t give up / you can to it quadrant is the best.
But don’t ignore the “give up” quadrants. They are equally legitimate. And they give you more time to live in the Don’t give up/you can do it quadrant with the things you really, really want to do.
I am the sort that does not give up on things. So when I dropped out of school (teaching credential school), I felt like a failure. Even though that was not what I wanted to do. And I was pressured into doing it. I don’t regret it, but sometimes…
Letting go is hard.
Whatever you decide, think on it long and hard. Then when you believe you’ve made a decision, sleep on it. It’s easy to talk yourself out of (rationalize) things, into things, or becoming paralyzed with indecision.
Living on vibes is not enough. Anecdotally, people think vibe decisions are the best, but when tested in environments (admittedly on mostly college students who haven’t developed their full cognition abilities) rational thought wins out.
It’s a good matrix. I’m definitely guilty of holding on to things that are no longer healthy. Giving up is sometimes the right answer. @samanthabwriter from
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