I Quit Once

I Quit Once

I had a great idea. I was proud of it. I worked on it all the time. I was excited.

Then, bad things happened. I had bad luck. Trusted contacts disappeared. Videos stopped working. People stopped returning calls. Effort to succeed turned out futile.

I got disgusted.

I gave up.

I Quit.

I burned it all to the ground.

I made excuses:  I don’t need this. This wasn’t a good idea. It would never work. No one cares. I’m doing fine without it.

I felt good to be free of my passion project.

At first.

But then, I missed it.

I wondered about it.

I shook my head and moved on.

Then I thought about it again.

And again.

I thought about how it WOULD work.

What I COULD have done.

I cared again.

I hated that I wasted a year doing Nothing.

And most importantly, I remembered that all projects take time to come to fruition. All projects have failures. All projects face potential defeat. And the only ones who succeed are the ones who DON’T quit. Only persevering in hard times leads to success.

I kicked myself

I looked for some support

I found some.

I started again.

This time I won’t quit.

I’ll fall and I’ll fail and I’ll stumble and I’ll get disgusted and I’ll make excuses….but I won’t quit.

And I’ll win.


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