Quitting - It's Good for the Soul

Quitter...? I barely even know her!

Ok y'all, I got something pretty serious to ask everyone...

Why is the connotation to "quit" so negative?

A little intimidating, I know, but stick with me.

Here's a little back story:

I recently have be struggling with being able to successfully handle everything on my plate. The hours of classes, work, and two organizations (one of which I hold a leadership position) was just becoming too much. I was spending countless nights wide awake from the stress and fear of not finishing everything on my To-Do List.

Although I felt like I was trying my best (and I'll admit, I was somehow doing everything), I knew I was doing something wrong...

I wasn't achieving anything to its full potential.

I noticed I was beginning to do the bare minimum instead of completing tasks to their full potential and it was negatively affecting my mindset. So, I pulled the plug and went inactive in one of my organizations to make more time for myself. And wow, that was a difficult pill for me to swallow.

My issue was that I felt so blessed to be given so many opportunities and felt that I had

the need to accept every single thing that was offered to me. But as I had been following through with these responsibilities, I had to realize that I physically and mentally could not do everything I wish I could do. I can't. And that is normal.

I know that I'm not the only person who has struggled with this, so this is where it got me thinking about that first question... Why is the connotation of "quitting" so negative?

This idea of quitting was so unbearable because I thought it would be frowned upon. For some reason I had some conception that "quitting" is a form of giving up, but news flash:

Quitting and giving up are not interchangeable terms.

Have you ever thought that maybe in order to not give up on one thing, you have to quit something that brings negativity and self doubt into your life? (i.e. stress, addiction, bad vibes, etc). Doing one million things at once cannot and will not compare to doing one or two things with extreme attention to detail and full passion.

Once I found my passions and began to invest more time into them, I dropped the things in my life that weren’t consistently pushing me to achieve them. It may seem unachievable at first, but the coolest thing is that you can do this too.

By taking steps to quit and step back from stress, you are doing yourself a favor. You are allowing yourself to have breathing room to determine what truly maters the most. Reevaluating your priorities can be the best thing you can do for yourself.

In the long run you will be so much more proud of the work you do! Realizing that giving my all to top priorities has been so much more impactful than spreading myself too thin amongst a multitude of responsibilities.

Spreading yourself thin is not healthy and continuing with obligations that you aren't passionate about will dull your flame of ambition.

Trust me, making time for yourself and your passions is not frowned upon.

If you wait to do it later, then you'll regret not starting sooner.