How to Be a Quitter

It’s not as easy as it sounds

Everywhere we turn in today’s world we are bombarded with encouragement. Don’t give up! Never quit! Persevere! You can do it! Try harder! Never stop struggling! Give it your all! Keep pushing! Don’t be a loser! Win! Win! Win! Don’t be a quitter.

But no one ever talks about the supreme joy of quitting. No one ever talks about the incredible peace and happiness and freedom one can experience by quitting. Quitting can be one of the most joyful experiences of our lives. Why would all those self-help encouragement mongers want to deprive us of that?

Take employment as an example. There is almost no more joyful experience in life than quitting a job. I know. I’ve quit many, many jobs. Heck, one of the best reasons to get a job is to be able to quit it. Quitting a job can put you in a very intense state of euphoria. This euphoric state is available to all of us but most of us are deathly afraid of quitting and therefore we miss out on the euphoria.

Whether it’s business, sports or war, being involved in competition can be thoroughly life-draining. Upon quitting that competition we are suddenly filled to the brim with new life and energy.

I have quit so many things in my life that you would think that I am an expert quitter. But I am not. There is something that my…