Exit Strategy

When the feeling strikes, there’s no mistaking it: the realization that it’s time to go, time to split. Regardless of how the feeling arrives—be it after a long, slow flame-out or one sucker punch of an epiphany—the need to leave is a cage-rattling kind of emotion.

No one wants to burn bridges or make enemies, though, and making a clean getaway takes a bit of planning. Here are expert- approved tips for graciously—and hastily—making your escape.