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

[Mike Hughey]

I quit doing every event in the weekly competition every week. I know I promised to do my best every week this year, but in the past few weeks cubing lost its priority to me. The spare time I do want to spend on cubing, I would like to spend on practising whatever event I like, not whatever event I haven't done for this week's weekly yet.

I wish Simon and Mats the best of luck to finish what I had as my goal at the start of this year: getting over 12500 points, although I'm pretty sure Simon will get over 15000.

Heh. Now you see why I quit. It gets pretty overwhelming after a while, doesn't it? I can't believe I pretty much kept it up for a year and a half.

I'm probably still doing too much with all the BLD, but I don't quit that - yet.

 

[Kian]

I quit competitively practicing. Cubing isn't fun anymore.

From what I've heard I think you probably do too many solves a day for it to be fun. Burning out is inevitable when you make it a job. I think you'll enjoy cubing again if you just do it when you want to. I don't foresee retiring from cubing any time soon myself because I don't force myself to do more than I enjoy. As much as I would like to be faster it's not worth not enjoying myself. Not even close.

Either way, i hope you don't leave us completely and that you continue to enjoy the community.

 

[trying-to-speedcube...]

I quit doing every event in the weekly competition every week. I know I promised to do my best every week this year, but in the past few weeks cubing lost its priority to me. The spare time I do want to spend on cubing, I would like to spend on practising whatever event I like, not whatever event I haven't done for this week's weekly yet.

I wish Simon and Mats the best of luck to finish what I had as my goal at the start of this year: getting over 12500 points, although I'm pretty sure Simon will get over 15000.

Heh. Now you see why I quit. It gets pretty overwhelming after a while, doesn't it? I can't believe I pretty much kept it up for a year and a half.

I'm probably still doing too much with all the BLD, but I don't quit that - yet.

I liked doing the weekly competitions because I could practise each event a little bit and see a very very slow progression in every event, which made me the allrounder I am now. I still don't want to specialize in any event, I just think that practising one event a lot, then another event a lot, then another event, etc. is more effective than doing 5 solves for every event every week.

I was practically forcing myself to practise everything, and now that cubing lost its priority, I don't want to force myself to do anything anymore. I want to do what I want to do, not what I haven't done yet.

 

[Mike Hughey]

I quit doing every event in the weekly competition every week. I know I promised to do my best every week this year, but in the past few weeks cubing lost its priority to me. The spare time I do want to spend on cubing, I would like to spend on practising whatever event I like, not whatever event I haven't done for this week's weekly yet.

I wish Simon and Mats the best of luck to finish what I had as my goal at the start of this year: getting over 12500 points, although I'm pretty sure Simon will get over 15000.

Heh. Now you see why I quit. It gets pretty overwhelming after a while, doesn't it? I can't believe I pretty much kept it up for a year and a half.

I'm probably still doing too much with all the BLD, but I don't quit that - yet.

I liked doing the weekly competitions because I could practise each event a little bit and see a very very slow progression in every event, which made me the allrounder I am now. I still don't want to specialize in any event, I just think that practising one event a lot, then another event a lot, then another event, etc. is more effective than doing 5 solves for every event every week.

I was practically forcing myself to practise everything, and now that cubing lost its priority, I don't want to force myself to do anything anymore. I want to do what I want to do, not what I haven't done yet.

That makes a lot of sense. I felt the same way, although I still pretty much always want to do all of the BLD each week.

 

[Escher]

I quit competitively practicing. Cubing isn't fun anymore.

From what I've heard I think you probably do too many solves a day for it to be fun. Burning out is inevitable when you make it a job. I think you'll enjoy cubing again if you just do it when you want to. I don't foresee retiring from cubing any time soon myself because I don't force myself to do more than I enjoy. As much as I would like to be faster it's not worth not enjoying myself. Not even close.

Either way, i hope you don't leave us completely and that you continue to enjoy the community.

Thanks, I think you're absolutely right.

To be completely honest, I haven't been doing 500+ solves a day for quite a while, but I've just been so pre-occupied with being competitive lately... I'm still cubing for fun, I'm just tired of pressuring myself for nothing.
I'm not going to do a Breandan at any rate, and I'm still coming to Nats and TOS

 

[CubesOfTheWorld]

I'll change my tensions, and stickers

 

[Anthony]

I'm not going to do a Breandan at any rate, and I'm still coming to Nats and TOS

TOS as in the competition the week after Nats?

 

[Escher]

I'm not going to do a Breandan at any rate, and I'm still coming to Nats and TOS

TOS as in the competition the week after Nats?

Yeep.

 

[Tim Major]

I quit re-learning PLLs, and start learning Polish V. These Holidays, I plan on learning 2 sets. What are my chances?

Spoiler

I suck at sitting down, and learning algs

Edit: Change this to 1 set. Still, no chance

 

[JLarsen]

Hey guys. It's been a few months. I recently got a notification from cubingUSA about nationals being in Cambridge MA 0_0, and I thought to myself that it was too good to pass up. I may not go insane and try really REALLY hard to get as good as I was for it, but knowing myself quite well, if I do start cubing again, I bet I will....I think it's been 2 months since I've even touched a cube at all, and something like 4 since I basically quit practicing. (1-5 solves a month) Hopefully I can remember most of my stuff pretty quickly. I'll let everyone know how much I suck at petrus as soon as I get some free time and feel like failing ;].

-Panda.

 

[StachuK1992]

Hey guys. It's been a few months. I recently got a notification from cubingUSA about nationals being in Cambridge MA 0_0, and I thought to myself that it was too good to pass up. I may not go insane and try really REALLY hard to get as good as I was for it, but knowing myself quite well, if I do start cubing again, I bet I will....I think it's been 2 months since I've even touched a cube at all, and something like 4 since I basically quit practicing. (1-5 solves a month) Hopefully I can remember most of my stuff pretty quickly. I'll let everyone know how much I suck at petrus as soon as I get some free time and feel like failing ;].

-Panda.

HAI!

 

[Toad]

I pause all competitive speed solving for two weeks.

Tonight I've done over 250 clock solves to try (and fail) to get me a sub10 ave12 and one of my fingers is now purple and my eyes sting.

I'm just taking it a bit too far and need to get on with my A-Levels.

Kthx.

 

[nlCuber22]

I quit telling impulsive lies to make myself feel better about my speed.

I tend to strive to be the best at everything I do, and with so many fast cubers, it's (really) hard to keep up.
If you see me tell an obvious lie, notify a mod so they can *ban me. I'm serious.

*

Spoiler

not forever please

Anyway, I really feel bad about my mistakes. I'll see everyone who's going to the Baltimore and Carnegie Mellon Spring competitions. Until then, I'm just gonna practice.

-nlcuber

EDIT: I also start practicing 4x4 (once I finally get around to ordering another one).
I'm tired of 3x3 and 2x2.

 

[aronpm]

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Spoiler

forever please

Fixed that for you.

 

[nlCuber22]

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Spoiler

forever please

Fixed that for you.

kthx

 

[nitrocan]

So after a long pause because of universities and stuff, I am looking forward to joining the cubing society again. Also, I saw that my lousy 4x4 NR has been beaten . I don't have a decent cube though. I need to buy a couple of 3x3s and a 4x4. Since I have been away, I am not up to date with the new cubes. My style is something in between smooth and fast-turning. Can someone recommend me anything? Thanks.

 

[cincyaviation]

So after a long pause because of universities and stuff, I am looking forward to joining the cubing society again. Also, I saw that my lousy 4x4 NR has been beaten . I don't have a decent cube though. I need to buy a couple of 3x3s and a 4x4. Since I have been away, I am not up to date with the new cubes. My style is something in between smooth and fast-turning. Can someone recommend me anything? Thanks.

Alpha V (crispy) or FII (smooth) for 3x3, YJ (v cube mech)P or mini QJ (ball core mech) for 4x4

 

[iasimp1997]

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Spoiler

forever please

Fixed that for you.

You're mean.

 

[nitrocan]

So after a long pause because of universities and stuff, I am looking forward to joining the cubing society again. Also, I saw that my lousy 4x4 NR has been beaten . I don't have a decent cube though. I need to buy a couple of 3x3s and a 4x4. Since I have been away, I am not up to date with the new cubes. My style is something in between smooth and fast-turning. Can someone recommend me anything? Thanks.

Alpha V (crispy) or FII (smooth) for 3x3, YJ (v cube mech)P or mini QJ (ball core mech) for 4x4

Ahh the website doesn't work, I'm so lucky!

EDIT: It works now.

 

[ExoCorsair]

Hi guys, did I miss anything?