{"id":12101,"date":"2014-02-25T06:54:55","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T19:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mojitomother.com\/?p=12101"},"modified":"2014-02-25T07:24:09","modified_gmt":"2014-02-24T20:24:09","slug":"sacred-step-quitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mojitomother.com\/2014\/02\/sacred-step-quitting\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacredness Step 4: Just don’t quit + 6 tips to help you stay in the game"},"content":{"rendered":"
This might seem quite self-explanatory, but a lot of people don\u2019t understand that not quitting is the one sure-fire way to succeed. I don\u2019t think outsiders looking into other\u2019s success realize that they also feel like quitting a lot of the time.<\/p>\n
We look at the success of others and we try to pass it off as good luck, or them being extra special in some way. They make it look so easy, when in actual fact they are struggling through the challenges and the heavy work loads every day.<\/p>\n
The only thing that separates them from those who don\u2019t have the life they love is they haven\u2019t quit.<\/p>\n
Writing this post today was inspired by my head hitting the table with the very heavy feeling of I can\u2019t do this anymore. I\u2019m so tired of all the creation, of the constant marketing and trying to be heard. I\u2019m tired of the constant problem solving, the lack of sleep, and the gap between income and effort.<\/em><\/p>\n I just want to QUIT.<\/em><\/p>\n So why am I writing this post now? Why haven\u2019t I quit?<\/p>\n Because I understand the alternative. What else would I do? Go back to teaching? A greater dread settles in my stomach. (Besides, I can\u2019t. I burned my teaching license to cut off the retreat door). I\u2019d have to look for other jobs, get trained in something else, compete with those smarter than me, have my life defined by someone else, put the girls in daycare and see them only a couple of hours a day, and only get 4 weeks holiday a year.<\/p>\n The only other choice is to win lotto. I\u2019ll keep trying for that, but I know if I did, I\u2019d soon get bored because I wouldn\u2019t feel like I was contributing enough. I like to create, I like to serve.<\/p>\n