How to know whether to keep going or to give up?

How do you know when you should keep going versus when it makes sense to cut your losses and try something new? It’s a difficult decision most entrepreneurs and creatives have faced along their journey and so we asked some brilliant folks from the community to share their thoughts.
One thing I told myself when I got into the film industry was that I wasn’t going to give up despite how hard it got. I love what I do too much and that love for cinematography is what Keeps me going. I think giving up is just an indication that you were never interested in what you were doing in the first place. I think when things aren’t working out we should pivot our focus from what’s not working and figure out why things are not working and approach it from a solution driven mindset. Read more>>
I always keep going, even if the direction or focus changes. This of course is unique to the situation and/or context, but I can’t say that I have ever just stopped doing anything that I am passionate about regardless of how bad it beat me up. Read more>>
So when I decided to launch my business on August 6th, 2020 a few weeks later, i finally had my first client. At times i would feel like my work wasn’t good enough and maybe that was a factor why I wasn’t getting clientele. And also at times I felt like giving up. Even though I knew I wasn’t going to have clients at my door step right away, I knew it would take time for me to build clientele. But eventually due to my patience I build within my self everything started to fall in place. After months from launching my business I started to get booked on the daily, 4 ppl a day (still to this day). But the main key to keep going is to be the your own promoter in your business And believe in your self , don’t give up on your dreams you came a long way to stop now! Read more>>
By the time I was 26, I had already buried a husband (at the age of 24 due to leukemia), and two children (one at 2 days old due to premature labor brought on from extreme spousal abuse during my pregnancy; and the other at 1 ½ years old due to murder). If there were ever times that I wholeheartedly desired to give up, these were some of them. And while I didn’t have a strong support system during these years of my life, I did still have two living children. I’m so extremely grateful to God that they gave my life purpose when I had absolutely none for myself. Read more>>