prexton

A sample from the desk. If someone you know is about to put down the thing they built, this is the letter I would write to them, in your place.

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To the one about to quit,

You told me you are done. I am not going to argue you out of it. You would hear that as noise, and you are too tired to sort noise from help.

So here is the only thing I will say.

Quitting and stopping are not the same thing. You can put it down. Put it down for a week, put it down for a year. Sleep. Eat something that did not come out of a wrapper. Let the calls go to voicemail. Nobody is keeping score except the part of you that never sleeps, and that part is lying to you about the score.

What you cannot do is decide tonight. Tonight you are just tired. Tired is not a verdict.

I know what it cost you to get here. I was there for the parts you already forgot.

So if you are going to quit, quit in daylight, with steady hands, and I will help you pack it up myself. I will drive. I will not argue once.

But if the thing is still good, and it is only you that has gone thin, then say so, and I will hold the line with you another season. One season. That is the whole offer.

You do not have to answer me tonight.

Prexton

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