Things that have surprised me about being an adult:
Any kind of accomplishment worth doing, if done honestly and not as an attempt at surface-level acceptance, is roughly 10x harder than it looks from the outside, at minimum.
Any kind of accomplishment worth doing, if done honestly and not as an attempt at surface-level acceptance, is roughly 10x harder than it looks from the outside, at minimum.
Doing things honestly and not as an attempt at surface-level acceptance is a) literally the only way worth doing anything and b) terrifying
People rarely think they’re doing things in an attempt to get surface-level acceptance. So if one person is and one person is doing it honestly, you literally aren’t speaking the same language. It’s very difficult to communicate across this barrier.
It’s possibly to be honest with yourself in one area and bullshitting yourself in another, but it gets uncomfortable very quickly.
I (and I imagine everyone else) is just drenched in hypocrisy and fundamental attribution errors. I’m not sure this ever goes away.
I judge friends and lovers for being sloppy, volatile, insular, amateur...in literally the same ways I still am even when I’m trying my hardest.
I judge friends and lovers for being sloppy, volatile, insular, amateur...in literally the same ways I still am even when I’m trying my hardest.
Stressors are multiplicative and it’s unnecessary to work out which one is the real ‘reason’ to make some progress on the problem.
‘Am I anxious because I have PMS or I’m thirsty or my brother’s having a hard time or my friends hate me or—‘
‘YES’
(Drink some water)
‘Am I anxious because I have PMS or I’m thirsty or my brother’s having a hard time or my friends hate me or—‘
‘YES’
(Drink some water)
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