Analysis Of Jon Acuff's Quitter

“I’m a _____, but I want to be a _____” is in the story of the millennial generation, with dreams larger than life, but bills that are just as large as the dreams. In general those dream occupations do not pay the amount one would need to survive on their own let alone support a family. Jon Acuff’s book titled Quitter; he notes the difficulty to pursue ones dreams and shows that these things do not have to hinder ones pursuit of happiness. There are three key ideas throughout the book that I intend to talk about, first of which is what Acuff refers to as “hinge ideas” which are small things that can completely change the direction of one’s daily routine and finding what one longs to make a career of. The next concept Acuff goes through is

A difficult question for most because one has to truly find their passions and what drives them and some people get caught up in their routine that their passions slowly fizzle away because there are not enough hours in the day to have a hobby. For example Jon Acuff writes about how he ran a blog for two years for free about “Stuff Christians Like”, all because this is what his passion is and what drives him. These hinge moments I referred to earlier are a series of questions asked in the book with the intent to find what your passion is. The questions consist of “what do I love enough to do for free?” “What do I do that cause time to feel different?” What do I enjoy doing regardless of the opinions of other people?” “If only your life changed,, would that be enough?” “Are there any patterns in the things you like doing?” As one would be able to notice most of these questions are aiming at the same target just from a different angle. The goal is to finding a true passion in one’s life, something where it does not feel like work but rather you feels more like a hobby. As I get closer towards the graduation date with no idea or clue even of a career path, this book really speaks to me in this sense. I am seeking my passion and what God is calling me to do, which I feel is construction management although I am hesitant to listen because I have seen the difficulty first hand in my parents

Once you believe you have found all of the risks associated with your chosen passion write them down on a piece of paper. Also ask people what they believe some faults in your plan could possibly be because their opinion and point of view may be different from your own. After collecting all of these concerns and having them on paper think in detail about all of them and the goal behind this list of challenges is to know what you will be facing when it comes to your business. Hopefully when you think about all of these concerns little to nothing will surprise you and you can be ready to face any challenge that will come your way because it is easier to face a problem you are expecting than a complete blind side. So write down any of your personal concerns and then continue to get the perspective of your peers and close circle, this way there are no excuses to quit and give up on your