Quitting the activity you’ve outgrown isn’t giving up. It’s freeing up a slot for the next version of you.

Stopping something that no longer fits gets confused with lacking persistence. The two look identical from outside, though one is quitting under difficulty and the other is a considered exit from something you are finished with, and fear of being seen as the first keeps people in the second for years. A full schedule of outgrown commitments leaves no room for anything new.

Ask of each regular commitment whether you would take it up today, knowing what you now know. If not, plan a clean end rather than a slow fade. Empty slots are how the next thing gets in.