How To Avoid The Trap Of Wasting Resources

“The worst way to end anything — a war, a conflict, a relationship — is slowly and painfully.” (Robert Greene)

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A common theme that I have seen throughout my life with some people around me, including myself is this: We tend to end things in a slow and painful way as opposed to quickly whether that be a relationship, project, experience, so on and so forth.

Why do we end things slowly and painfully?

In my opinion, there are a few reasons why we end things slowly and painfully. Let’s go through them below:

We Fear Loss

Human beings don’t like to lose something, especially if that thing has some attributed value. For this reason, we try to extend something for as long as possible, even when it clearly has come to an end.

For example, many people fail to let go of intimate relationships because they want it to be like it was in the past as opposed to coming to terms with reality and accepting the fact that the relationship is over. This lack of acceptance leads way to the painful process of dragging the dead relationship on over time and that manifests results such as emotional turmoil, fighting and arguing, so on and so forth.