<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Time spent waiting for someone to change is time... > Time spent waiting for someone to change is time that does not return. Many people look back on years spent pleading with a partner who never changed and wish they had left in the first or second year. Asking honestly whether anything is shifting protects the years ahead. **Source:** [[livestreams/Boundaries, Survival, and Refusing to Become a Toxic Dumping Ground — Part 1 - Workbook|Boundaries, Survival, and Refusing to Become a Toxic Dumping Ground — Part 1]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Time spent waiting for someone to change is time that does not return. Many people look back on years spent pleading with a partner who never changed and wish they had left in the first or second year. Asking honestly whether anything is shifting protects the years ahead.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-time-spent-waiting-protects-years-ahead ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->