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You know why I am rude to my mom?
Because nothing seems to please her. A problem will displease her. But when the solution comes, she finds something wrong within it too.
You know why I learnt to say “no” more and just stop going out of my way to help others?
Because you never get anything out of it. In fact, you become unhappier.
This is the existential crisis I believe everyone will eventually go through: That you stop giving a fuck about being a good person and just do things your way, even if it hurts others.
It’s liberating.
I believe it’s a form of maturity and not caving in to the stress life brings to you. Nobody is immune to the world. It’s simply impossible to be so nice and accommodating all the time. Everyone caves in now and then, so you might as well do it within your control.
And then from there, you shed some of that asshole-ness.
Then you’ll become even nicer than before and a lot more respectable.