Quitter

The name Jaribu means "One who tries"(Swahili). I'm sure my mother gave me this moniker hoping that it would ring true in my life.

I'm sorry to say it hasn't. I'm a notorious quitter. I won't bother to list the many projects, hobbies, life goals, etc that I've started and stopped all because things became to difficult or inconvenient for me.

My current boyfriend is the only person who has, thus far, openly pointed this out to me. I couldn't do anything but agree with him.

Wonder why no one else has? Not even my mother or my brother.

I haven't always been a quitter at everything. I've managed to achieve some success in school, work, and my life in general.

I do stop to think that these successes could have been greater with a little more perseverance.

But how does one quit quitting?