Before You Call It Quits
- Make sure you've identified the real causes of your unhappiness. Keep a diary of events and problems.
- Give it a chance. Many things, like diets, require time to work out.
- Try many other solutions.
- Have a backup plan. Know what you're going to do if you quit and what you need to do to prepare for that.
MORE IDEAS FROM THE ARTICLE
- You're consistently experiencing more frustration than reward.
- You can't envision a possible solution or continuing this way.
- Spending time on this keeps you from more rewarding endeavors or seriously damages your well-being.
- You're staying for the wrong reasons.
- Your friends keep telling you to quit.
- Don't think of quitting as either good or bad in itself or a reflection of your self-worth.
RELATED IDEAS
The sunk cost fallacy is one of the primary reasons you are so afraid to quit anything. It occurs when you tell yourself that you canât quit because of all the time or money you have already spent. The idea of all of that going to waste is what is keeping you at bay, paralyzed at the idea of quitting.
While itâs normal to have qualms about the work day, if you truly, deeply dread those eight hours at the office, it is time to move on.
Sticking through things longer builds resilience. But sticking through on a bad idea, project or effort can lose you years of your life.
The goal is to increase your ability to sustain commitments you make to yourself, without undermining those commitments by over-committing to the wrong things.