You are probably familiar with the quote, "Quitting is not an option." It seems to be applicable to so many things in life. The irony is that you never hear it unless you are considering quitting. And it's usually said by someone who recognizes that you have had enough of the situation and are about to walk out.
Now before anyone jumps to conclusions, trying to read between the lines, I am not alluding to my job, my marriage or anything else of that nature. First of all, those things are doing great, and a blog post that is going to be available to everyone I know is not the way to break that kind of news.
I was just thinking that some people trick themselves into believing the cliche and therefore don't quit because they remove it from their option list. My question is, when is quitting and option.
Quitting is always an option...it's important that people realize that in everything we set out to do we can quit. The reality is that there are consequences to making a decision to quit or continue on...and though sometimes those consequences are minor, they are still consequences.
In the end, the person who keeps going because they removed quitting as an option is no where near as impressive as someone who took the situation, carefully considered the repercussions of giving up and continuing on and made their decision intelligently.
Choose wisely my friends...choose wisely.
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The title of this post caught my eye at Mormon Blogosphere.
Personally, I've never thought quitting was taboo. Especially where employment was concerned. When my husband and I lived in CA we were working at the same company, I was in marketing and he was in IT. He was happy and I was miserable (lunch with my husband was the bright spot in my work day.) One day I had enough, that night wrote my letter of resignation and the next day went into work long enough to deliver my letter. One of the best decision I've made.