Should I or Shouldn't I?

I am having a bit of a problem here.

I am both a violinist and a violist, but I am thinking about completely switching over to viola. I have been thinking about this for a long time. I have a few reasons to back up my maybe-soon-to-be decision.

1. Less people play viola. More opportunities! I remember a couple of weeks ago, I went to go visit our local violan shop, and a violin teacher was retrieving her violin. I remember her telling me this: "Violists sometimes have a reputation for being terrible violinists. However, if you embrace the viola, you will always have a home." Those words hit me. They inspired me!

2. I will excell further with viola. some people that I know that play multiple instruments are really not as good as, lets say, the cello than other people. That is because they can never focus their full time on that one instrument. It's one thing people really overlook.

3. I really have no reason to continue studying violin. I am a violist in all my orchestras, all of my recitals are just viola repertiore, and I only audition on viola. I wanted to audition for ERO on viola AND violin next year, but once I think about it, there is really no point in trying out on violin. When I came home after our ERO orchestra concert, I was all over the violin parts (both 1st and second). I just thought they were so cool because there were some pretty awesome chords in there & the violins always had the main melody. I promised that next year, I would audition on both violin and viola, because I wanted to get a really good seating. Now that I think about it, I really don't want to. There's no point in doing that. 

4. My Best Friend has Done that too! My best friend (not giving out any names!) before she rose into high school as a freshman/freshwoman (just like me!), she was an excellent violinist! She was the eigth grade concert master for her middle school! She came into high school and one of her orchestra mentors recommended that she should start studying viola. She did that. She bought herself an awesome viola (I mean it, it looks and sounds amazing!). She is in some awesome ensembles and she is just an inspiration to me! She dropped violin when viola become more of a thing she did in orchestras. She is an awesome violist! I basically have the same story, except I am not as musically inclined as her.

The only things that I have as con arguments for not continuing to study violin is I hang my violin on a wall. I just play viola and I never take it off. I feel as if I am neglecting it. A nice violin just hanging on a wall for eternity makes me sad.

My goal this summer is when I come back to school, and I play viola for the school orchestra again, I want people to NOTICE that I have made some progress. That I have improved. Will completely switching over from violin to viola help me or hurt me? Please tell me what you think in the comments below!

I think this awesome quote sums up how I feel with viola being my second love.