Sometimes quitting can be the best option

i want to quit my job but i cannot afford being unemployed. times are hard, and there are many obligations that one cannot think of losing a job. in this case and situation, quitting is not the best option.

I read an article the other day about how people who are able to quit are generally healthier. I can't remember why, although I imagine it has something to do with stress or happiness or something. Because when you try over and over again to do something and you keep failing, it just makes it worse. I get depressed when that happens. But when you decide to just let it go and give up, it becomes all better. There are so many things I want to quit and give up on. I have this one friend whom I wish I never met. He drives me crazy and it's impossible to deal with him but if I quit talking to him, I'll probably lose half my friends. But I can't try and make the friendship work anymore. We're just too different. It's weird. I remember this year I dropped all my honors classes because it was too much stress. This year feels so much better. And it's nice to know that even though I quit something, everything will be fine, probably better, in the end.

I want to quit trying to look for a job that I can Never find! I thought it would be hard but not This hard. I am going to look for something else. I do believe once you stop and change direction things do happen for the best. I'm new to being This hopeful.

I don't like to personally quit at anything. Then again, I am stubborn like that. Where I really refuse to admit any kind of defeat whatsoever. That is just the way that I work. There are just many times where frustration is going to be something that is not going to get me down all that easily. Quitting is the last resort for me, the absolute last resort as far as I am concerned. And I tend to navigate through some tough ground. In the end, there are times where you just got to throw in the towel. Especially when its best that you just give up. We might not want to admit it, but there are many times where the end is going to be near. If nothing else, the experience, whatever it might be, might have some value. Yet it is really not something that is all that conductive to sanity at this point in time. At least that's the way I see things.

a nice discussion. well, sometime, in some situation, that true. but i still unknowledge about that.

I agree to that!Sometimes, depending on the case, quitting is the best solution, but,there are certain factors that we must consider before quitting.Lets ask ourselves, am I ready to hold back,to quit, to runaway?If I am, is it favorable to evryone involve in this case, or is it just me whose gonna have a positive change up?Am I not being selfish, if I quit?But for me,the best thing to do before we quit is this...talk to our God,our Healer and Provider, who knows everything...let's be honest to Him,admit our weakness, tell that you already want to give up, that you want to surrender all your worries and fears, that you want to quit for Him, so then, He'll take the wheel and guide you to no wilderness but new morning of no fear and no sorrow...Godbless guys..

Hi Theresaaiza, I'm not sure if quit is the right word to use, but I stop pursuing a degree a number of years ago. I guess I was not able to get a chance at studying at a university back then. I changed my course, and pursue a diploma instead. Now I am happily married and working as a web designer. And the saying is correct, you lose some, you win some. I lose my degree, but I gain a whole new group of friends, a new passion, a good job and a loving husband. If I hadn't stop then, I believe I might not have what I have now.

Well, I guess you have provided a great example as to when to quit. I guess there are times in life that we have to choose whether to GO ON or to MOVE ON... I would say that you have decided to move on with life and this is the reason why you have found new things that were not there before. Sometimes we are blinded buy our fears, the fear of losing, the fear of not knowing.. but you certainly have cross that road and I wish you best as you make your new steps in life.. I am sure that they will open new doors for fun and love as well as new meaning in life... Best always!

Dear Theresaaiza, Quiting is the best way if you cannot tolerate anymore that you likely find peace within. Its good to know that still have peace. I am the same. I failed in realtionship and career. But now I think I wanted to continue my fight slowly and steadily wins the race. Good Luck!

A pleasant day Theresaaiza, Honestly, your main topic mesmerize my eyes. As I have felt a little upliftment. Since I have quit my job and redirect my career into another path. When I have read it, "sometimes quitting can be the best option", I somehow realize, that, quitting does not mean loosing. Perhaps, I am just redirected to take another path to win and earn my progress. And does not mean that I have give up, I just have to try harder.

It was just recently that I quit my job. However, I still have to do a complete turnover. I wish it would end soon and get on doing what I plan to do. I agree with you that quitting may not always means losing. A person got to do what he has to do. This time, I hope I made the right choice. I needed to quit to start with a new project. Best wishes to you.

Hi Theresa! Yeah, in some cases, quitting does not mean we giving up or like you said losing. I quit my previous job because I don't want to be in that environment which will affect my life. And now I am happy with my new job. I am not losing anything from it. Perhaps the pay may be less a bit than the previous but I don't feel regret. I made that decision when I get all the pros and cons that might happen after that. No point to be in a place you where you can't be yourself and you don't find any happiness. Things I want to quit now?? There isn't any~(^^)

Actually, many times, quitting is the right answer. For smoking and gambling, quitting is the right answer. As for relationships that will not work, quitting is the right answer. For relationships with married people, quitting is the right answer. I totally agree with you here.

Maybe your outlook is what needs to change. Instead of thinking you are quitting, which makes a negative picture in the mind. Why not think about it as it's time to make a different choice. Some folks look at life as winning and losing, but that is really making things hard on yourself. If you just look at life as a series of choices you have made, then you can eh, maybe I didn't make the best choice at any given time, but you do take a lesson away from it without taking the emotions that might be attached.

You are right.Sometimes, there is no way out on some situations but to quit. I had gone with stressing situations in my love life. We have been through quite long years.During those times, I thought that he is the man who will walk with me in front of the altar, but I was wrong. He made an action that made me quit on our relationship no matter how painful it is. Before that, we had an on and off relationship. I tried to be strong and stay happy but I cannot fool myself for a long time. He started to be cold on me and I cannot ignore it. Then, I just decided that since the relationship is not that strong anymore and we could not understand each other anymore, so I just decided to quit.

Well i would agree with you on this one here. Quitting does mean losing all the time. It means experience. Gives you a chance to know something much better than yourself. It's just an option that shows what not to do and teaches you more than winning sometimes in life. If a person never loses means he meticulously plans out every step as he is afraid of losing that leads him to winning. And also too much of a good thing is also bad so it's not good at all Cheers!

Something should just be flow it.We shouldn't get it with all what we want.Just as you said,we loose sometime and we win sometime.Just believe god would help you in another way,if she close a door for you,she would open another window.It is the same,good luck.

Hi, there! I totally agree with you. Quitting does not always mean losing. It's so true. If a certain situation you are in right now seems to be hurting so much and makes you exhausted, I guess the best way to do is to just let go and preserve a little something for yourself. Right now, I am in the midst of deciding whether to let go of my relationship or save it. I can't seem to stand this anymore. I don't understand why my boyfriend acts strange on me. I kept on trying to ask him why is he acting this way. But he would refuse to talk to me and it irritates me. It's been three days already and I'm thinking to just let him be that way and I'll release my love on him. It really hurts though but I can't let him hurt me thoroughly. I believe I can be better without him.

True enough, and I admire you for being so strong to decide to quit something that you feel worth it to give up. Right now I am trying so hard to be like you but I still am not that strong to just give up even I have also tried everything to make something work. But hopefully I would come to that part, too. And I hope by that time, I will win some as well.

I can say i am so happy now with the life i have chosen after quitting my job.. I decided to quit my job more than a month ago when a problem arises here in our house but quitting seems appropriate at that time,and im glad i did... :-)