When you feel like quitting ?

Burn or think ?

I was reading a thread on twitter about this creator who had some problems recently.

I couldn't help but feel something because I've been going through a hard time as well. I put a lot of energy in this writing work and I don't really know why.
I love doing it, it's a passion but for now I don't pay any bills with it and to be honest, I don't know if I'll ever monetize it.

Because if the goal was money, I can make a lot with other skills I have. But for that, I would have to refocus and set some objectives.

There are times in life when you have doubts, or you don't know what the right choice is?

Do I want to stop?

Sometimes it crosses my mind.

I don't know if it's that part of me that likes to self-sabotage, a lot of accumulated fatigue, or if it's just what I really feel inside.

I am an impulsive person, I like to do things as long as I like to do them. And if I am a passionate lover, I also move on quickly.

So what to do when doubts cross your mind and you seem to have lost your compass?

Don't destroy everything

Some people tend to destroy everything to make sure they can't go back to where they were. They start a circle of intense destruction where they have to burn everything that made their identity before. Delete everything, cut off contact with their friends who were in the business, move on brutally. They turn the page of the book in a few days and never open it again.

Is this the right solution?

It's hard to judge, but this is a behavior I've had many times in my life. It has been sometimes negative, sometimes positive. Often positive if the previous behavior had a negative impact on your life.

Like someone who is addicted to MMOs and makes the decision to throw away his computer and delete messaging apps overnight. For his survival, he needs to run away.

In the end, it's a very human behavior.

Take time for yourself

I've learned over the years that sometimes you don't know yourself what you want. Or, that you are so absorbed in your daily tasks that you feel that everything becomes difficult.

Let's say you open a business. You work like crazy for more than 6 months. And in the end, nothing moves, no customers, bills that accumulate, the dream that gives way to a nightmare.

It is certain that you would like to break everything and give up. The accumulated fatigue and the problems create an explosive cocktail that will trigger powerful emotions in you.

And...

Again a lesson learned over the years.
All emotions taken when you have emotions has a high risk to be bad.
Your emotions, when it comes to decisions, often play on the other side.
You make suboptimal decisions and it will take years to realize how wrong you were.
It's only after you've burned everything to the ground that you realize you could have saved the house.

What to do?

Step back, take a breath, take time.

The world will turn even if you don't turn for a few days. Instead of rushing through decisions that can affect a destiny, why not just pull off the road for a moment, pull to the side, get into the pit, do some maintenance and wait to see if you really want to stop or start again.

This stop often allows you to correct the trajectory and maybe it's just that your trajectory was off.

What does that mean for me?

Less writing.
More time.
Less pressure on the money.
I'll stop trying to force turn that passion for writing into money.
I need to correct my path. To get back to enjoying writing words.

Sitting in front of a screen for hours trying to make my numbers grow doesn't make me happy and I'm turning an activity I love into a chore.

I just want to connect, share, write what I like.

The solution?

I'll work in big blocks so I can write the month's content in a short amount of time. Write everything in a few days.

I counted 5 full days to be able to do this.

One day for tweets, one day for substack, one day for medium, one day for threads and one day to polish what needs to be polished.

And the other 25 days ... living my life away from the internet and my phone.

I write about addiction and sometimes I scroll for hours trying to make all my pages grow.

It's harmful and I know it.

It sounded like a rant but I know that many creators and entrepreneurs follow this newsletter. I am sure you will understand what I am talking about.

If you found value in this email, I'm happy.

I wish you a nice day and see you soon.