Learn to leave without needing to destroy what you are leaving.

Endings do not require destruction, though the destruction can feel necessary at the time, especially when leaving is hard and burning it makes the leaving easier to justify. What you break on the way out you also carry afterwards, in memory and often in reputation.

When you leave something, leave it in a state you could describe without wincing. Say what is true and no more. The exit is the part people remember most clearly, including you.