01/03/2024

Stopping is as Important as Starting

Stopping can feel like loss and failure, but it shouldn't

It's a lot easier to start things than to stop them.

Starting feels like growth and adventure, and things feel alive. Stopping can feel like loss and failure, but it shouldn't be.

When you start something:

• Always couch it as a trial. That'll make it easier to stop w/o that sense of failure.
• Try to estimate a duration. "Let's do this for ___ years."
• Don't let yourself do that (start something) without making room for it by stopping something else, or at least reviewing what you're already doing to see if something has come to a natural end.

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