How easy is it to quit? I would say it comes from 1 of 2 things, lack of passion or pure laziness. Obviously, this isn't a full proof idea, it is just a current thought. This belief may be changed eventually through a different life event that I experience, but for now this is where I am at.
Through my first 2 years of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, I've seen maybe 100, or more, people start and stop their training experience. Most people come for about a month and by the end of that month, you learn their name. Then a month later, you have forgotten their name and you wouldn't even recall a reference of them unless you physically see their face. They are essentially just another passer by.
Is it laziness or their lack of passion for our beautiful art? I don't know, but what I do know is that some come and go, then never look back again.
Then there are those few, the true, the faithful, and the passionate who come and go, again and again and again, constantly assessing moving forward.
Our art has a way of labeling everyone and everything, he's the enforcer, he's the lanky guy, he's the wrestler, this is a whizzer, that's a clock choke.
Well these are the Blue Belt Blue's, where we watch lost souls exit our lives one class at a time.