Giving up?

Seems like a reasonable option when something will never work. That’s what makes relationships so difficult to end when there has been such an investment. Not only is there the investment piece, but when you squint, you can see a path where it could work. So, we need to be clear—when is it a good time to throw in the towel with a job, a relationship, a project, or whatever?

Be clear if it is possible or not. It is possible to lose weight with a high-protein diet, exercise (lifting weights), 10,000 steps per day, and 8 hours of sleep consistently for an extended period. It’s impossible to defy gravity and fly. You can’t break the laws of physics. Juxtapose that with the fact that it probably isn’t possible to start a nonprofit that will change the entire world or to develop a vaccine that’ll cure cancer. Someone may do that. But it probably won’t be you either.

Hope is necessary. But a Hail Mary isn’t a good strategy either.