Sunk cost fallacy

I know this will help somebody. Sunk cost fallacy. I like to also call it the casino mentality. So this is the idea that you can't walk away from something because you've already put too much time, money, resources into it. Let's say you're going for a degree in something, and let's say it's in engineering, and you've already done two years and you've decided that you found out that you hate this degree, but you've already put too much time and money into it, so you have to put more. So you still have two to three years left to get this degree.

But you're like, well, I have to keep going because of the sunk cost fallacy, which is that a fallacy, because it is the casino mentality. It's what they want you to think when you're at the casino. Like, well, I've already lost 40 bucks and need to get that money back or have too much money in there, so I should keep gambling to see if I can get something out of it. The reality of it is, be it a degree, a relationship, or just a job that you're hating or anything that you've put a lot of time and money into it, it's the same thing as day one.

You're still deciding every day to put more time and energy into that thing that you are not finding is serving you. So don't fall for it. Find yourself. And yet find yourself asking every day, is this something I want to do? Is this something I don't want to do? And eventually you'll learn to fail faster because there's power in failure, right? And failing fast is a very powerful and knowledgeable thing you can do moving forward. So learn to fail fast and don't fall for the sunk cost fallacy.