The "I quit / pause / return / change / etc." thread

I pause: the expansion of my collection, using my own money, as I have sadly spent almost all of my money this year. I will do my best to not spend any more money, so I can still compete. I will start spending after chinese new year.

I try: to finish my 5x5 average of 100 (only 34 more to go!) before Berkeley Fall 2009.
 
StefanPochmann said:
Alright...

I quit

No, not cubing, don't be silly. I quit my job. Not at all an easy decision, but after a long struggle I decided I need the time more than the money. Starting September 1, I'm taking a break to work off stuff that has accumulated over my life and is dragging me down, to work on my own projects, to learn new things, and to find out how I want to continue my life. For example learning Ruby on Rails and Flash and building cubing websites and tutorials with them that I've been wanting to do for a long time. Though it's not just for cubing, it'll hopefully also help me catch up with current technologies and be better for my future jobs.

I'll change

No more bickering. I've been for a long time wanting to stop it and I like to think that I partly reduced it, but now I'm really serious. Waste of time, especially when I try to correct stuff, which can be very time-consuming. I'm idealistic, but I can't stop it anyway, and I'd better spend my time in purely constructive ways. And yeah, sometimes I'm wrong and then it's embarrassing. And maybe I'll make more friends if I don't affront everyone. And maybe I can become a good example for others. Cause I'm by far not the only one bickering way too much here.
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I wish I had the mental fortitude to do the same.
 
I'm pausing speedcubing until maybe after xmas. Modern Warfare 2 now takes up just about all my spare time and I hardly practice speedsolving any more. I still do casual solves here and there, but not really averages.
 
I WILL RETURN TO CUBING SOON!

I have spent the last few months working on the following things:

Writing a Novel (http://nanowrimo.org)
Preparing for the SAT
Creating Clay Animations

and I haven't had much time to cube. But I started practicing yesterday and I'm going to start cubing again, I don't know for how long though. But I'll be back on the forums more frequently, hopefully.
 
byu said:
I WILL RETURN TO CUBING SOON!

I have spent the last few months working on the following things:

Writing a Novel (http://nanowrimo.org)
Preparing for the SAT
Creating Clay Animations

and I haven't had much time to cube. But I started practicing yesterday and I'm going to start cubing again, I don't know for how long though. But I'll be back on the forums more frequently, hopefully.
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Your post count is 2012 :p
And what is your novel about?
 
cookingfat said:
I'm pausing speedcubing until maybe after xmas. Modern Warfare 2 now takes up just about all my spare time and I hardly practice speedsolving any more. I still do casual solves here and there, but not really averages.
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I play games pretty seriously when I just get one, but what I do to keep my speed cubing, say instinct, in tack, I just do random algs during a loading scene or cut scene.
 
cmhardw said:
I quit: Drinking soft drinks and sodas. I always feel bad when I do, and I hate that they have such ridiculously high sugar contents. I might have one occasionally, but for the most part I quit. I'd rather switch to water (for thirst) or coffee (for caffeine).
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I'm happy to report that I haven't had a single soft drink or soda in 5 weeks! I feel really great about this decision, especially since I am no longer craving these super sugary drinks anymore. I do drink a lot of fizzy water now though, San Pellegrino is my favorite so far. I guess part of the appeal for soft drinks for me is the fizzy sensation. If I can get that with fizzy water, and not soft drinks, all the better! :)

Anyone else debating on quitting soft drinks should definitely do it! I feel really good about this decision.

Chris
 
cmhardw said:
cmhardw said:
I quit: Drinking soft drinks and sodas. I always feel bad when I do, and I hate that they have such ridiculously high sugar contents. I might have one occasionally, but for the most part I quit. I'd rather switch to water (for thirst) or coffee (for caffeine).
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I'm happy to report that I haven't had a single soft drink or soda in 5 weeks! I feel really great about this decision, especially since I am no longer craving these super sugary drinks anymore. I do drink a lot of fizzy water now though, San Pellegrino is my favorite so far. I guess part of the appeal for soft drinks for me is the fizzy sensation. If I can get that with fizzy water, and not soft drinks, all the better! :)

Anyone else debating on quitting soft drinks should definitely do it! I feel really good about this decision.

Chris
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Good for you, Chris! I'm not so sure I good give up soda. It just brings me too much joy :P
 
Goodbye for now: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Years!

I'm leaving the forum for now. I've become really addicted to the internet, and it's not good for me at all. My grades are suffering and my health is the worst ever. I will not come back until February 1, 2010. In the meantime, I will be practicing BLD and will work on my F2L. But no more forums until next year.

I'm also going to cut my hair really short, just like I had it in 6th.
I'm going to stop procrastinating, and I'm going to start sleeping early.



I will be back. Until then, have a Merry Christmas and Have a Happy New Years! =)
 
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I quit the way I practice cubing.
I spend a lot of time just solving over and over again, not really improving or doing anything productive (in cubing or irl). It just means I get very frustrated with myself, and think about quitting. It also means I forgo doing anything worthwhile elsewhere in my life because mindless cubing soaks up time so well.

So yeah, from now on, it's either 'cube & learn something new/practice something specific' or 'go do something else'.
:)
 
i quit eating candy and drinking soda everyday. it's like wasting my money that i could do better stuff with. and it's not healthy
i change to not cube and sit on the internet all day and try to do some better stuff(reading , jogging , friends, homework and so on)and also take pauses between my sessions
i pause from cubing for a week or two. i'm seeing a doctor soon because i think there's something wrong with my wrist. or i'm just gaming and cubing too much
 
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