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Young love. It starts out on fire. Strong. With dreams of never ending. Forever. And then the first problems come along. Maybe mom doesn’t like her. Maybe cheerleading practice went over. Maybe his eyes wandered. Something small and easily overcomable. Right. Many relationships don’t make it. Most give up. Move on to their next soulmate.

This is the same with alot of things for us. When the outcome (results) don’t measure up to the expected outcome (goal) for the level of work (input) we will mostly move on to the next thing. There are alot of times when this is good. It’s not a good idea to continue a pursuit of something that is never going to payoff. But it’s also not a good idea to be a quiter either.

For me, this has been the case with weight loss and blogging this year. It’s been tough going on 3 months with less than 10lbs. Eating less. Moving more. I’m an eater. I love to eat so this hasn’t been fun. Last week I eat right and even started running. So I was very frustrated to find I had gained weight for the second week. This week I did no extra excersizing and didn’t really mind what I eat. And I lost. Not alot, but a bit. A bit is better than nothing.

And with my blog, nothing better. I started out running. I was going to have a very successful blog. I was going to have lots of readers and make lots of money. I worked on it every night. I wrote and I studied and I reviewed. I was always working on it. Obsesive you might call it.

But then the results didn’t match the work I was putting in. It was getting too complicated and the payout didn’t match the input. So, I’ve considered quiting. I know I don’t want to so instead I just don’t do anything. I’ve been reading more and more tips to keep me motivated or to try some new things.

So, I’m not quiting, I’m just not doing much. It’s been almost a month since my last post. Hopefully within a month, I will write more.