lierdumoa:

I don’t like those inspiration posts that tell you not to quit, because I think discouraging people from quitting is the kind of advice that only really works for underachievers.

I’m the kind of person who tends to take on way to many responsibilities and then burns out.

Eventually I hit a point where I realize there is no possible way I can actually accomplish every single goal I’ve given myself. I realize I have to quit some of my less important goals, in order to accomplish the ones that are really important to me.

I wasted a lot of time pursuing goals that weren’t really all that important to me – goals that I no longer found any kind of joy or fulfillment in pursuing – just because I didn’t want to “be a quitter.”

Looking back now, I don’t regret any of the goals I quit. I’m glad I quit them. 

I wish I’d quit them sooner. 

All they did was steal time away from the goals that were really important to me. 

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Sometimes you can’t really know whether or not you truly want to achieve a goal until after you start pursuing it. 

You don’t have to finish everything you start.

Don’t feel bad for not finishing everything you start.

As time goes by, your priorities change. Don’t waste time pursuing goals that no longer matter to you, out of some misguided sense of shame. 

I’ve accomplished a lot of goals, and I’m proud of myself for having accomplished those. I would never have accomplished them if I hadn’t given myself permission to quit a bunch of less important goals along the way.