How to know when to give up on a goal

“The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.” ~Anna Quindlen

Growing up, I refused to go to bed until I fit the last piece of my jigsaw puzzle.

That’s when I first understood that it could be difficult to give up, but I didn’t think my perseverance was a problem.

Soon after, however, I realized that blind persistence could turn into an exhausting and useless quest.

When something unjust happened to me or to someone I loved, I worked relentlessly to “make things right.” In many occasions, my attempts to fix a negative situation would only make matters worse.

I wasted time and effort trying to stay in touch with people from high school and college who had no interest in keeping the friendship.

I held jobs where I wasn’t happy, making myself physically and emotionally ill.

Later, my persistence led me to three years of futile effort to save my troubled marriage.

Living in pain through these three p

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