Yes, some days it would be really easy to just give up, but I keep trying, just cutting back the area I grow in. Still in the process of this last cut back in size. Only keeping the most care free of plants. Nothing that needs cutting, spraying, digging up, frequent dividing.
If I make any more cut backs than this one I am working on now, it will have to be to a few containers and I really don't want to do that, as I don't know much about annuals. Containers would be difficult to overwinter in my area.