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Ever feel like this?

Maybe you started a new job but quickly realized the environment was toxic, and throughout your stay no matter what you did you kept banging your head on the wall. Or, like every writer, you start off the first draft of a work super excited only to find it derailed by the middle. You get to the end asking, “How did I get here?�

I don’t think any of us make decisions with the intent of it ending up badly. We think things through � some more than others � and sometimes they end up going completely batty. What we must remember is that we are human. Even super geniuses fail, make wrong decisions, and bang their head all the way down the slide.

But how many of us climb up the ladder and sit back down at the top?

You can’t give up completely. Sure, you can give up toxic areas of your life when��they’re��infecting everything about your quality of life. For all we know, we only get one. There is no excuse for sticking through a toxic situation � don’t let anyone convince you otherwise.

Today, I read a story about a Googler who left their job. A lot of people berate her, calling her spoiled. As someone who works in a fast paced industry in one of the busiest cities, I can relate. From the outside, people see perks � free booze, food, media events, nap pods at work, the name, the prestige, the money etc. But they are missing key ingredients to anyone working in a fast-paced industry � money and gifts lose their value quickly. They cannot make up for lost time (something you never get back) and lost relationships.

Don’t give up many things for one thing. You can cut ties with the toxic, but don’t let each clunk down the slide consume you. Life is full of these slides. If all you remember are the clunks, you’re going to have a bad time. But if you are willing to combat the same slides again and risk failure again, you will evolve and surprise more than just yourself.