The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F_ck

chosen for ourselves. The truth is, he would rather fuck up
his relationship with his sister than consider that he might
be wrong—even though the latter could help him to grow
out of the insecurities that made him wrong in the first
place.
I try to live with few rules, but one that I’ve adopted over
the years is this: if it’s down to me being screwed up, or
everybody else being screwed up, it is far, far, far more
likely that I’m the one who’s screwed up. I have learned this
from experience. I have been the asshole acting out based
on my own insecurities and flawed certainties more times
than I can count. It’s not pretty.
That’s not to say there aren’t certain ways in which most
people are screwed up. And that’s not to say that there
aren’t times when you’ll be more right than most other
people.
That’s simply reality: if it feels like it’s you versus the
world, chances are it’s really just you versus yourself.