pain and loss are inevitable and we should let go of trying to resist them. - Mark Manson

An obsession and over-investment in emotions fails us for the simple reason that emotions never last.

"Fault is past tense. Responsibility is present tense. Fault results from choices that have already been made. Responsibility results from the choices you're currently making, every second of every day."

"There's a difference between blaming someone else for your situation and that person's actually being responsible for your situation. Nobody else is ever responsible for your situation but you. Many people may be to blame for your unhappiness, but nobody is ever responsible for your unhappiness but you. This is because you always get to choose how you see things, how you react to things, how you value things."

If you want people to value your time, stop giving it away so easily.