It’s not my goal to conquer all, but to learn what I like or not, and pursue it then. None of us really knows what we’ll like or not until we actually try it. We can only determine what we think we’ll like in metaphors, but only in action do we start to put the puzzle together in determining who we are as individuals, and what best suits us or not.
I had worked as a rolling stock and yard truck mechanic at a place several years ago, something that was far different from my normal field as an industrial electrician. I had taken the position because I couldn’t find work after getting laid off before that. Personally I just couldn’t get into it, and I had found the work of changing oil, changing gear oil, changing other fluids, checking wheel bearings, changing tires, greasing fittings, installing seat belts, changing leaf springs, etc to be quite repetitive.
Personally I had never enjoyed working on vehicles, though it was a dream come true for other guys around me. I ended up leaving that job for another. I had much more personal satisfaction working as an industrial electrician because not only was the work much less repetitive, but it was simply something I was more into, and I knew this from doing it. I had only given a job example here, but I can stretch this case to other issues in life as well.
I think the above is important, because there’s a difference between giving up vs realizing something isn’t for us. This is one of those questions I can’t use human words to answer, because even difficulty level does not mean I lose interest and give up. Sometimes I get bored with something too after being motivated to try it. I have no Mendoza Line here, only something I simply ‘feel’ I guess.