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I'm going to become a quitter

I think a lot. Sometimes lots of thoughts come to me at night.

When I think about the problems I've had in my life, the things that stressed me out SO bad, they could have been resolved a lot quicker by quitting.

For example:

It took me several years to finish college.
Lots of late nights and stress for barely any payoff.
Could have quit and became a dental hygienist in a few short years, making more money.

When I think about the last few crap jobs I've had, I could have saved myself tons of stress, anxiety and tears by QUITTING.

Dealing with family members, gathering after gathering, holiday after holiday, feeling the same unpleasant feelings when around them... QUIT going to gatherings. Spend holidays alone.

I don't have kids, I have no one to worry about except for myself.

😩

Thanks for coming to my TED talk 🎤

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OlderSometimesWiser · F

You gotta know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold em, know when to walk away and know when to run…… 🤠

Thanks for coming to my Kenny Rogers concert. 🎤

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NoGamesTolerated · F

@OlderSometimesWiser I’m no young chicken either but I don’t know who that is in the meme. 😀

OlderSometimesWiser · F

@NoGamesTolerated Lol….. it’s a Johnny Carson skit called Carnac the Magnificent.

NoGamesTolerated · F

@OlderSometimesWiser ahhh I see.

reflectingmonkey · 51-55, M

nice post, very well presented point. scientists discovered something interesting about depression some years ago, they found that the mecanisms that are involved in depression are actually normal , healthy mecanisms but that when they are overworking or working at inapropriate moments they cause issues with addaptation. the mecanism itself is the ability to lrt go, to quit, to accept that the goal we had set will not be reached. its a fondamentally important mecanism, like an animal in pursuit of a pray must be able to sometimes quit when he interprets the pray as being out of reach or else he would pursue it until he dies of hunger. pursuing is sometimes the best decision, sometimes its quiting, deciding when is the hard part.

Musicman · 61-69, M

Have you ever heard of a spray lubricant called WD-40? WD stands for water displacement. 40 stands for the number of tries before he got it right. Don't give up on yourself.

iamnikki · 31-35, F

@Musicman I'm not giving on myself, only the problems that can be solved [i]by[/i] quitting, such as all that I mentioned above

Mordechai · 31-35, M

I get that!. It's your life at the end of it 🤷 I pressured myself so bad to catch up in life, and while it's paying off my mental health was in the trash. I've decided after I leave this job I'm gonna travel the world for a few months and not speak to anybody.

CrazyMusicLover · 31-35

I think I've acquired this mindset when I noticed how much stress affects my physical health. And I wasn't even through that much.

Heavenlywarrior · 36-40, M

Maybe find your purpose in life.

iamnikki · 31-35, F

@Heavenlywarrior I was speaking [b] specifically [/b] about things that bring unnecessary problems to my life.

What's your purpose, besides similar worlds? 🤔

Heavenlywarrior · 36-40, M

@iamnikki ok yeah I read it correctly, that’s why I said that. My purpose is to help people find their purpose in life, become more at one with their Higher Self and also bring Justice to the Wicked.

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NativePortlander1970 ·

@jshm2 That rarely works because too often the person brings their issues with them, I know, I tried this many, many times in the 90's.

NativePortlander1970 ·

A sucessful person fails a thousand times but keeps going, a failure only quits once, don't be the second one, keep going, refuse to stop.

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