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Jeffrey / Alex's avatar

Powerful stuff! I resonate a lot with this -- not just for quitting things, but for second-guessing decisions I've made, from what to study to Lyft-vs-bus. Framing it as a game of survival is interesting and very potent -- recognizing that the stress response and this drive to quit roots in the need for survival, and making survival about /persistence/ instead of /outcome/.

not answering "did I do this well?" because high standards might encourage you to give up

but "did I show up?" and whatever converse of your "are you giving up too early?" is

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Mia Aiyana's avatar

Amen sis

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