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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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.