Rec | I QUIT QUITTING AS A DEFAULT RESPONSE

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Historically, I’ve always chosen flight over fight in most scenarios: I’ve quit several toxic jobs <6 months in, am usually the person to end a serious relationship, and have moved cities a few times. Right now, though, I’m in a period where I’m trying to reset my mindset and stick with things through the initial signs of discomfort (currently feeling that way in all big aspects of my life: job that kinda sucks a few months in, rough patches in my live-in relationship, and just generally feeling meh about living in New York FT). Still very much in the thick of it, but my strategy is to just take each day as it comes and reframe discomfort and uncertainty as necessary parts of life and not things to just flee at the first signs.

@tortitude

Mar 6, 2024

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@tortitude

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Quitting something

like a job or a project that just isn’t working or even like quitting an approach or belief you once held. at first it feels bad but then 5 seconds into the quitting you’re like oh god, yes YES

@southernspells

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Quitting is hard, but it's worth it

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