Quitting

The Lesson in Quitting For the past 7 years of my life, swimming has played a huge role. Growing up, I had always enjoyed being in the water, and was one of the odd kids that genuinely enjoyed swimming lessons, no bribes required (thinking about it, I wish I had some of those kids in the lessons I teach now). Overtime, it began to feel less like a passion and more like an obligation; something I had committed to that was too late to stop. I was afraid to quit, afraid to disappoint, and trying to…

Quitting a harmful habit can have many positive effects. Smoking cigarettes is one of those harmful habits. Quitting smoking is not an easy goal to accomplish. The reason why it is difficult to quit smoking is because of one of the many chemicals in cigarettes is nicotine. According to an article on NYtimes.com, “Scientists have found, for instance, that nicotine is as addictive as heroin, cocaine or amphetamines, and for most people more addictive than alcohol”. This is just one of the many…

Quitting A Job Quitting my job was probably the best decision I had ever made because it really sucked and I hated going to work everyday. I worked at Chili’s for almost a year, and I knew that having a job was the most important thing I could possibly do, but the job just wasn’t right for me. A job is described as a piece of work, especially a specific task done as part of the routine of one's occupation or for money. A job should be something an individual enjoys and is willing to spend most…

Quitting dance will be the worst mistake- why do you want to stop something when you have just begun? Trying to convince my dance instructor that it was what I needed to do was hard enough, but convincing myself that it was the right thing was even harder. That day, I battled internally with choose between my two loves, but now looking back do not regret a day after my decision. I remember that fresh spring morning, going to my first Irish dance class, where I found my first love. Those dance…

cutting Jerry. I don't give up when my we lost every game but two. Don’t give case you're just laying yourself down and not going to be able to achieve your goals if you give so don’t be quiet. To case you won’t achieve nothing but the goal of quitting. In my life something happens so we lost every game for the chiefs, but one game, it was the game we had to win. So we up by a lot and I was so happy that we were going to win our first game ever. So the Cooch was being kind of cage and he…

upside of quitting. In the book “Think Like a Freak”, S.Levitt and S.Dubner pointed out that sometimes things did not work or happen like we expect, so most of the time people keep trying and trying to make it worth. However, thinking like a Freak shows the readers the opposite way is that trying to quit when it is necessary. I think this is the smart thought when people are pushed to death ends on the way to find solutions. There are so many reasons to make people should think quitting is…

In “Quitting Coal: A Health Benefit Equivalent to Quitting Tobacco, Alcohol, and Fast-Food”, Jonathan Patz focuses on how the break of utilizing fossil fuels (mainly coal) compares to everyone in the world eating healthier, stop using tobacco, and remaining sober. He states that making healthier options for our planet will not only affect the wellbeing of Earth but humans as well. Expressing that the upsurge in carbon dioxide particles in our atmosphere; he provides ways that we could regulate…

It was the second week middle school when my band teacher had asked for me to stay after class: “Rachel you should think about quitting the band.” At that moment, I had felt my mind go blank; I was devastated. I had always known I was a bit behind in learning the notes and developing the sound of my tone; however, I had never once thought about quitting band. I loved music; just turning on the radio brightened my mood. I felt impatient in my other classes, waiting until I could go and pick up my…

I was finally free. I had more free time, less stress, and had lost the feeling of sweat dripping down my back. Quitting marching band was one of the best decisions I had ever made, and even though I was happy to be free, I had reservations about quitting. In my mind, band was where I would find people I identified with, but in reality, I didn’t find anyone who shared my interests. I longed to find a group that I fit in with. When creating my schedule for sophomore year, I frantically searched…

I'm quitting competitive Call of Duty, I've been thinking about quitting for quite sometime now, I've made a lot of amazing memories with numerous people in the Call of Duty community. I know people will be extremely disappointed or surprised in my decision to quit competitive gaming because i'm the last person you would expect to quit. The reason why i am stepping down from competitive gaming is basically my location. The expenses for me to compete at any lan event is ridiculously expensive,…