You too are going to die, and that's because you too were fortunate enough to have lived. You may not feel this. But go stand on a cliff sometime, an… - Mark Manson

You too are going to die, and that’s because you too were fortunate enough to have lived.

The problem with the self-esteem movement is that it measured self-esteem by how positively people felt about themselves. But a true and accurate measurement of one’s self-worth is how people feel about the negative aspects of themselves. If a person like Jimmy feels absolutely fucking great 99.9 percent of the time, despite his life falling apart around him, then how can that be a valid metric for a successful and happy life?

At some point you realize that the permission you’ve been waiting for all along was your own.

Most people tell themselves that if they felt better, they’d do the thing—when it’s actually doing the thing that makes you feel better.