In the spirit of making hard decisions, I made one today. I killed a pet project of mine. There is a chance that it might be revived, but it's quite remote. Yeah, probably in a related avatar, but it had to go. I apologize to all the people who have worked very hard on this. Also to people who are supposed to work on it, but by then I was having my doubts.
This is still quite hard, because this project has been going on and off for close to 2 years. Yes, it is still very dear to my heart. And there is a need for it. But to take this project to it's full potential, it would take a lot more of my involvement, and commitment in the form of time, money and other resources. Which, I unfortunately cannot afford to, right now.
Sure, I know I'm quitting on this project, which I don't tend to do very often, but this is just the beginning in a long series of changes that are coming. The last one year has taught me very important lessons. Though I can't call it a successful one, I learned so much. It is absolutely true; adversity teaches you much more than success does. And the last year pretty much ended up changing my life. Absolutely, for the better.
What have I learned from what some would call a "fiasco"? Do the very best thing you can do. Don't under-change yourself. If you don't feel at least a little bit scared, you're not living life fully. Even if you fail miserably, you will learn as much about yourself as about the thing you failed at.
This is still quite hard, because this project has been going on and off for close to 2 years. Yes, it is still very dear to my heart. And there is a need for it. But to take this project to it's full potential, it would take a lot more of my involvement, and commitment in the form of time, money and other resources. Which, I unfortunately cannot afford to, right now.
Sure, I know I'm quitting on this project, which I don't tend to do very often, but this is just the beginning in a long series of changes that are coming. The last one year has taught me very important lessons. Though I can't call it a successful one, I learned so much. It is absolutely true; adversity teaches you much more than success does. And the last year pretty much ended up changing my life. Absolutely, for the better.
What have I learned from what some would call a "fiasco"? Do the very best thing you can do. Don't under-change yourself. If you don't feel at least a little bit scared, you're not living life fully. Even if you fail miserably, you will learn as much about yourself as about the thing you failed at.
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