Thread by @palmerjr

50 Harsh Truths of Life

1. You're going to die and you have no idea when.

2. Everyone you love is going to die, and you don't know when.

3. Your material wealth won't make you a better or happier person.

4. Your obsession with finding happiness is what prevents its attainment.

5. Donating money does less than donating time.

6. You can't make everyone happy, and if you try, you'll lose yourself.

7. You can't be perfect, and holding yourself to unrealistic standards creates suffering.

8. Your achievements and successes won't matter on your deathbed.

9. Your thoughts are less important than your feelings and your feelings need acknowledgment.

10. Your talent means nothing without consistent effort and practice.

11. Not everything can be solved with an apology.

12. Now is the only time that matters, forget about your past and focus on the future.

13. Nobody cares how difficult your life is, you are the author of your life's story.

14. Investing in yourself isn't selfish.

15. It's not what happens, it's how you react that matters.

16. You need to improve your relationships to have lasting happiness.

17. Your ambition means nothing without execution.

18. Time is your most valuable asset, you need to prioritize how you spend it.

19. You can’t control a lot of things but you can control how you respond.

20. Nothing lasts forever and that’s a good thing.

21. You can do your best and still fail and it’s not your fault.

22. You’re not everyone’s cup of tea and that’s cool.

23. The past is gone but you can build a great future on its foundation.

24. The beliefs of others are not your concern, acceptance is.

25. Some people and situations are harmful, always learn to walk away.

26. You can't choose many things but you have a choice in everything you do.

27. Worrying doesn't solve problems.

28. Overthinking won't make things better.

29. Anger solves and builds nothing, it's power is purely destructive.

30. Procrastination makes easy things hard and hard things harder.

31. No one is going to fix you, take personal responsibility for your own life.

32. Life will never be perfect, there's no such thing as right time to do anything.

33. You might fail a lot, failure is a learning opportunity and nothing more.

34. Tomorrow is not guaranteed, you might not be alive to witness that "tomorrow".

35. You have more time than you think, everyone has the same 168 hours weekly, spend yours wisely.

36. You cannot always rely on friends, you will need certain life skills for when nobody is around.

37. Lower your expectations, people will always disappoint.

38. You cannot be popular with everybody.

39. If everyone likes you then you have a problem.

40. Sometimes your friends don’t consider themselves as close to you as you do to them.

41. You can’t help anyone that isn’t helping themselves.

42. Most times, you are your problem.

43. Just cause you like someone doesn’t make them not a shitty person.

44. Your parents are not perfect, and you can’t change them.

45. Some people like being unhappy.

46. Sometimes it doesn’t matter how hard you try, you’ll fail.

47. High school smart is not the same as smart.

48. Sorry doesn’t fix anything, you have to own what you fucked up.

49. You aren’t that important in the grand scheme of things. People don’t think about you as much as you think. Relax. Don’t sweat your small mistakes.

50. “It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness, that is life.” – Captain Jean-Luc Picard

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