We explore why ending something that still “works” can be the most respectful, honest move—before presence turns into performance. Signals like repetition, energy drain, and the need to act like the fit is tighter than it is point to a genuine time to end. When the ache remains, we can close cleanly with gratitude, protect the room from the slow leak of divided attention, and allow quiet to turn into capacity. The life that fits often looks smaller on the outside and bigger on the inside: less performance, more presence; fewer obligations, more meaning.
