Life's too short

I've tried to let my children dictate their interests to the best of my ability. If they feel passionate about trying something new, I've worked to create opportunity for them to pursue it. When their interest wanes, I'm not the mom to force them to continue because quitting looks bad. Life is too short to have to spend hours doing something you are sick of. And what if moving on to the next interest is the very thing that will be THE THING that makes their whole world light up?

There are so many amazing things in the world to try. I've got giant lists of things to do before I die. If I try one of them and decide I don't like it, I'm certainly not sticking with it simply for the principle of not being a quitter. Learning karate was on my bucket list. I did it for several months and realized it didn't work for me. So I quit. And something more amazing popped into its place.

The perspectives of stick-to-itiveness and exploratory living are both great options. In case you've ever been baffled by the number of things we start and quit, this is the perspective that I'm operating from. It's part of how I experience being fully alive. If stick-to-itiveness is your thing. . . Woohoo! You'll be the expert. We need experts in the world. I'll be the jack of all trades. The world needs us, too. ;)

Whatever perspective makes you vibrantly alive, live it to the fullest. I plan to.