Choices made to prove a point usually end up proving a different one.

Decisions aimed at an audience tend to broadcast something you did not intend. Quitting to show somebody you are serious, spending to show you are not struggling, staying to show you are loyal: what people read is the need to be seen doing it. You end up demonstrating how much their opinion weighs.

Before a big move, ask who you are imagining watching. If the answer is a specific person, wait a week and see whether you still want it. Then choose the version you would pick if nobody ever found out.