Is it OK to just give up?

If we spend all our energy on goals that have outlived their usefulness, we’re missing out on opportunities to do other, more meaningful things. Dozens of studies show why giving up can be good. In one study, researchers surveyed women who had given up on the particularly personal goal of having children.

Why do I want to quit?

There are plenty of good reasons to quit, like if the task might cause you lasting emotional harm or you feel like your time could be better spent elsewhere. There are even more bad reasons to quit, though, like impatience, frustration or temporary hardship.

Do You Want Your Life to end?

Many people do. They want their life to end, but they don’t want to end their life. If you’re one of those people, you probably don’t think of yourself as suicidal. It might surprise you to know that, in clinical parlance, such thoughts are considered to be “passive” suicidal ideation. What is Suicidality?

Do you wish you weren’t alive anymore?

At one end are people who wish they weren’t alive anymore but also don’t think of suicide. At the other end of the spectrum are people with extremely high intent to end their life now, or maybe they’ve even just made a suicide attempt.

Is something Holding you Back from leaving everything behind?

The answer to this might be ‘nothing,’ but if you’re reading this then you’re probably not yet convinced that leaving everything behind is the right course of action for you… …and that might be because there’s someone or something holding you back.

Is it possible to leave a job without a plan?

You’ve been slowly stashing cash, dreaming of the day when you can just walk out the door. You don’t have time for interviews so leaving without a plan might be your only option. Side note: you may not have been doing this, but instead, buying things to make you feel better.