Patience doesn’t mean never quitting. Sometimes after giving something a real shot, the honest move is to walk away.

Persistence is a virtue right up to the point where it becomes a way of avoiding a decision. Staying with something out of patience and staying because leaving would feel like failure are different states, and from the outside they look identical. A fair trial, honestly given, earns you the right to conclude that it was not for you.

Ask whether you are still learning anything, and whether you would choose this again starting from today. If you want out, name the length of trial that would be fair and finish that first. Then go without calling yourself a quitter.