Why Quitting Sucks
© by Carl (CAKUart); all rights reserved 

Are you feeling as though you want to quit? Has the idea that maybe you aren't an artist after all started drifting around in your thoughts?

Don't quit just yet though. Here is why quitting sucks…

If you quit you'll start believing that quitting is acceptable in other aspects of your life.

The whole idea of quitting enters our mind because we neglected to stabilise our thinking. 

We have allowed inconsistent thoughts to run riot in our mind. 

This eventually creates a pattern, and as a result we accept that things aren't working out as we had hoped. 

If things do not work out as we had hoped then perhaps the actual idea of what we wanted wasn't really clear from the start.

In other words… if you are too random and vague as to what your project is, then it's kind of hard for you to actualise a real result.

Then what tends to happen is...

Your work becomes scattered, you lose momentum and then you simply lose faith in what you are doing. This is where the whole idea of quitting comes about. This is why quitting sucks, because it becomes an easy option - all because we didn't have a basic plan of priorities and goals.

The funny thing is though…it is probably easier to battle on than to quit, despite it not appearing that way. 

Give Yourself Just 20 Seconds and You'll 
See Why Quitting Sucks

Here is something worth trying…

Open your mind just a little bit… it can make a huge difference. Just for twenty seconds ponder the idea that things can actually work out as you had hoped. Just twenty seconds… are you worth twenty seconds? 

Yes of course.

Then for twenty seconds, think about nothing else but the whole idea of what you set out to achieve actually happening.

Can you see the end result? If you can; then you have something to work from. If you can keep the end in mind, you are half way there.

It doesn't matter if the result is simply getting a painting finished. It doesn't matter if it is a goal to sell fifteen paintings this year. 

It doesn't matter if it is to generate enough cash to re-stock your studio...

It doesn't matter if it's to become better at your craft. It doesn’t matter if it is to become more business savvy. 

It doesn't even matter if your "goal in mind" is simply none of these things I've mentioned and just a simple desire to keep working without regards to acclaim or sales.

It doesn't matter what your goal "should be". What matters is what it could be, then being able to hold the end result in your mind long enough to start building the foundation back to where you have to start and make it all come together. 

Other Reasons Why Quitting Sucks

I was once told that quite often people lose faith in their pursuit to be successful at what they love because they allowed other people to steal their focus and/or they simply did not dedicate enough time to their endeavour.

Mind you, it isn't hard to get distracted if you let it happen. I once found myself at a social event pre-occupied with why I wasn't actually progressing as well as I would have liked in my business. 

Then it suddenly dawned on me that perhaps I was attending too many social events and not using my time to actually get some work done.

So... this is another reason why quitting sucks, because in some instances, we have simply allowed other people and circumstances to take control and spoil our ambition. 

And it's not that people are doing this to us intentionally, it's just that we simply did not get our priorities in order.

Sometimes our priorities are all messed up and as a result we don't have a system in place to allocate sufficient time to develop our craft and build our businesses.

But what if you are struggling to find the time? Well… the hard truth is that in order to do what you really want, you have to find time outside of the standard 9 to 5 living. For example, it's 4am on a Sunday morning as I write this. So…I don't know how else to explain how you must find time than to give you that example (wink). 

In other words ask yourself: "How big is your desire?" 

If your desire is big enough, you will find the time required to get what you want and need to get done. 

 
Something To Consider

Here are a few concepts to reinforce why quitting sucks and how quitting can be avoided…

• Avoid thinking that real progress (success) is directly associated to materialism.
  
  
• Remember that long-term projects require a regular input of ideas, commitment and patience.
  
  
• Try to recognise bad habits early before they become patterns of acceptance. This includes the wrong kind of thinking, the wrong kind of spending and wrong use of your time.
  
  
• Keep doing what challenges you in order to get better at it.
  
  
• Visit this site often (sign up for the newsletter) to maintain the idea that it is possible for you to succeed at what you love.

When Quitting Doesn't Suck

The only time that quitting is okay, is if you discover your heart is not actually in it.

If you realise that you do not have a genuine love for what you do or are involved in then quitting is not actually quitting at all. It is simply being true to your self and those around you by no longer prolonging your involvement in that area of your life.
 

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