Another Casualty in the Futures Trading ?

Someone wants to call it quits.

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I've never met Boogster. I don't really know too much about him. I only know him through avidly following his posts on his futures trades. And now, I read that Boogster wants to quit futures trading.
At first I felt a bit angry upon reading this. Why would someone who put so much time and effort into becoming a futures trader want to throw that all away?
But when I think about it more, the fundamental issue isn't about how futures trading is really hard (which it is), it isn't about how losing money damages the pysche (even though it does). In my opinion, the real, root issue that we're dealing with here is about the revelation of one's own weaknesses. I've said it before, trading will tell you exactly what your personality shortcomings are.
I'm not saying that Boogster fits into this category, but I've seen it too many times, where people do not want to face their own weaknesses. Many people would much rather prefer to sweep their weaknesses under the carpet, and forget about it in hopes that it will go away. The sad part about this is that they are trading some short term gain for some long term pain down the road. Eventually, left alone and unchecked, these weaknesses will at some point rear their ugly heads when they least expect it. I can say this with conviction because it's happened to me before.

For me, swing trading allowed me to sweep my lack of patience and discipline under the carpet, because I was better able to hide behind my winners, and winning trades more often. With futures trading, there is nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. You weaknesses are handed to you almost every day, and you are forced to deal with them or quit.
I've also said this before, but I am beginning to be able to view things more from the perspective of patience. Every now and then, I still have relapses (which leads to my inconsistency), but when I am patient, it always leads to me feeling good about my trading performance (regardless of whether I made a profitable or losing trade). When I do not stick to my plan, or forget about being patience, it inevitably leads me to feel bad about my trading performance (even though those bad feelings are better suppressed when I manage to wind up with a profitable trade).

What would the Highly Effective Trader do if he were in this situation? Well, he certainly would not quit. He would find what it takes to work on improving the habits of patience and discipline, even if it means being away from the markets for a short time.

Boogster says it better than me:
"If I can trade futures, then I can trade any instrument."
Don't quit trading futures, Boogster. You will just be running away from your problems instead of finding a way to deal with them.
Besides, who will help me now to make the call on YM's intraday bottom ?