Comments on: I Quit http://valerieroney.ca/i-quit interactive poetry, pop-culture philosophizing, and loving self-mockery Mon, 21 May 2012 02:33:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Valerie http://valerieroney.ca/i-quit/comment-page-1#comment-2541 Valerie Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:08:24 +0000 http://valerieroney.ca/?p=513#comment-2541 I love your question of what to quit next... And amazing how things change when you quit trying, thanks for the awesome reminder of that. I think there's a whole lot I need to give up on these days, worth thinking about... and maybe writing a sequel to this post (which is over two years old now, was just thinking about it again - wow 2 years, this website's been around long enough to be creating a legacy!). I love your question of what to quit next…

And amazing how things change when you quit trying, thanks for the awesome reminder of that.

I think there’s a whole lot I need to give up on these days, worth thinking about… and maybe writing a sequel to this post (which is over two years old now, was just thinking about it again – wow 2 years, this website’s been around long enough to be creating a legacy!).

]]> By: Mike http://valerieroney.ca/i-quit/comment-page-1#comment-2534 Mike Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:16:04 +0000 http://valerieroney.ca/?p=513#comment-2534 Wow, that song! That song, and essentially this same message, is what i came to months before meeting my current amazing wonderful wife. I'd decided that being alone was the best way to be and stopped struggling to find what eventually found me. Hmmm.. what should i quit next? M. Wow, that song! That song, and essentially this same message, is what i came to months before meeting my current amazing wonderful wife. I’d decided that being alone was the best way to be and stopped struggling to find what eventually found me. Hmmm.. what should i quit next?

M.

]]> By: Valerie http://valerieroney.ca/i-quit/comment-page-1#comment-287 Valerie Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:48:16 +0000 http://valerieroney.ca/?p=513#comment-287 Juicy stuff Jude! I think it may be all about letting go. You wouldn't think it would be that hard, but our grip is always fast. Someone asked me once about the difference between letting go and giving up. I think it might have to do with defeat vs freedom. The question seems to be: are you holding on because you are meant to stick it through or because it never occured to you to let it go? And I'll bring you coffe and cake, so no worries there! Juicy stuff Jude! I think it may be all about letting go. You wouldn’t think it would be that hard, but our grip is always fast. Someone asked me once about the difference between letting go and giving up. I think it might have to do with defeat vs freedom. The question seems to be: are you holding on because you are meant to stick it through or because it never occured to you to let it go?

And I’ll bring you coffe and cake, so no worries there!

]]> By: Crazy Jude http://valerieroney.ca/i-quit/comment-page-1#comment-284 Crazy Jude Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:15:49 +0000 http://valerieroney.ca/?p=513#comment-284 Quitting is the one thing that is the most difficult to do.... Whether a bad habit, a job, a relationship...... Our brain is not made for quitting... We think, therefore we are.... And let's face it, we think too much. We have evolved too much. Our brain has a thirst for analysing everything and erveryone. We can't help it. No think in terms of the Cro-magnon area... there were already thinking too much. The food is moving South (though at the time they didn't know it was south), let's follow it. Had they quit, the world would be populated by other mammals and amphibiants. We would not be here. When breaking up with a mate, most of us are weighing the pros and cons. And yes Men do that too, just not at the same level maybe... And only once you have done that can you move on. Wouldn't it be simpler to just say, "yeah! Nope"... Quitting a job is the same process.... Am I going to be ok? The job sucks, but I have benefits... I hate my collegues, but who's going to buy me coffee and bring cake to me once I'm gone? No really, we just can't move on without over-thinking the details and not seeing the obvious. And you can argue as much as you want to about reality, it won't change. Face it instead. Reality does bite and that's what makes us stronger, smarter and a better person. Well that's my rant about quitting.... Use Nike as a model and just do it!... You'll get a fresher start and outlook on life. It's like taking a white canvas and making something beautiful..... Quitting is the one thing that is the most difficult to do…. Whether a bad habit, a job, a relationship…… Our brain is not made for quitting… We think, therefore we are…. And let’s face it, we think too much. We have evolved too much. Our brain has a thirst for analysing everything and erveryone. We can’t help it. No think in terms of the Cro-magnon area… there were already thinking too much. The food is moving South (though at the time they didn’t know it was south), let’s follow it. Had they quit, the world would be populated by other mammals and amphibiants. We would not be here. When breaking up with a mate, most of us are weighing the pros and cons. And yes Men do that too, just not at the same level maybe… And only once you have done that can you move on. Wouldn’t it be simpler to just say, “yeah! Nope”… Quitting a job is the same process…. Am I going to be ok? The job sucks, but I have benefits… I hate my collegues, but who’s going to buy me coffee and bring cake to me once I’m gone? No really, we just can’t move on without over-thinking the details and not seeing the obvious. And you can argue as much as you want to about reality, it won’t change. Face it instead. Reality does bite and that’s what makes us stronger, smarter and a better person.
Well that’s my rant about quitting…. Use Nike as a model and just do it!… You’ll get a fresher start and outlook on life. It’s like taking a white canvas and making something beautiful…..

]]> By: Valerie http://valerieroney.ca/i-quit/comment-page-1#comment-279 Valerie Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:46:52 +0000 http://valerieroney.ca/?p=513#comment-279 Helpful advice from the utterly "cheeky" Thanks. Helpful advice from the utterly “cheeky”

Thanks.

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