Closed

How do you know when to give up? What would you do when all you've worked for is out of your grasp? What would you do then? One of the paths to achieve one of my dreams have been closed and I don't know whether to give up or not. I told myself earlier that if this didn't work, I would give up. Yet, I'm not sure I want to. I'm not sure if I want to continue either. I'm getting older and pursuing this dream may even be irresponsible. I should focus on settling down and do financial planning for the future. I should but there's always that lingering thought at the back of my head saying, 'What if you regret it? What if years later, you regret giving up now?'. Arghh, too many what ifs. Pondering on what ifs never did anyone any good and yet they still do it anyway, just like what I'm doing now. It's just that when you give up working towards something, especially when you've been working at it for the last few years, suddenly your life seems aimless. You feel lost. Suddenly all the noise has gone down and there's only the silence greeting you. My question again, is, 'How do you know when to give up?'