Feelings Change — Avoid Emotional, Life-altering Decisions

I just read an article that talked about if something doesn’t bring you overwhelming joy, quit it. Overwhelming joy? That’s a bit much. Working out doesn’t bring me overwhelming joy, but it’s a health necessity. I may not feel like doing it at first, I have inertia to overcome, but once I’m started it’s fine.

The article went on to say that if anything causes worry, quit it, and if anything makes you feel insecure, quit it. I can list off a plethora of things that brings worry and insecurity but quitting it is not a wise decision. Having kids brings worry. You constantly worry about their well-being and the state of the world they’ll live in. If you take it back to having a baby, most moms still check to see if their baby is breathing if they’ve been sleeping for a while. Sure, that’s a form of worry, but would avoiding being a parent be worth the trade-off? I wouldn’t say so.

Sure, if there are extended periods of mentally challenging, emotionally draining circumstances that are just unhealthy for you, you should absolutely consider changing your situation. However, advising to quit everything that makes you a tad bit uncomfortable or that is not absolutely exhilarating is a bit extreme. For me, my undergraduate engineering degree was RIDICULOUSLY hard! It wasn’t just the curriculum, but all of the other circumstances around being a first-generation college student in my family. There are so many times I wanted to just quit it, but I’m so glad I didn’t. Where would I be now?