Are we all miserable? If someone is happy, do we secretly loathe them?

Or at least we only want to surround ourselves with those like us; we enjoy being in the deep pits of despair.

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We all want advice or someone to tell us what to do. Isn’t that why the self-help world has blown up like an exhaust pipe with a hole in it?

One day it was all smooth sailing. You thought mentally you were fine, and then, just like a hole in your muffler, it slowly got louder and louder until the muffler fell off. Or was that just my car in college?

Something is wrong with us; if we don’t get up at 5 am, we will never succeed. I am not hustling 24/7 like Gary V says I will never be successful. I will never be 5 foot 8 and have legs that go on for days; I will never be successful.

You get the picture; first of all, the comparison will kill any motivation that most of us have. Let’s be honest. Some are not starting with very much these days anyway. There are good and bad days, but it seems that most of the world has more bad than good lately.

I see hate being talked about; suddenly, everyone is an expert in what? Criticizing everyone? Everyone is doing a reaction channel on Youtube. Can we no longer be free to create content without it being…