Have to not care about what people think

I cannot emphasize this enough. In a few short weeks (I’m just estimating that this is going to happen, and this is the timeline in which it will happen) everyone will know about progression, and the decision.

It’s not a secret, nor is it something I’m trying to hide. There is nothing to hide. There is nothing crazy about it (to me maybe, but no one else). Anyway, that’s all irrelevant.

I can’t care what people think anymore. It’s stupid, it’s pointless, it doesn’t matter.

It honestly doesn’t bother me anymore what people think. I think my self-esteem is just so low that I just don’t care. I don’t have the energy to give power to what people think, because I know they don’t know the fully story. No one ever knows the full story. They won’t, and they don’t need to, and that’s okay. Because they don’t know the full story, they will make their own assumptions. And that is also okay.

When it comes to people, it’s all about information. It’s all about what they know or don’t know. Whether they have it or not. If they don’t, they will make up the rest. So let them believe what they believe, and don’t waste your energy.

The only thing that matters is the truth. Not what they think, know, or don’t know.

The only thing that matters is what you think, and what you think of yourself and your own situation. The type of person that you are, what you do, say, how you make people feel (though that is not always in your control, but ultimately: if you try to be a good person or not?) How you try to handle your own situations. They are not other peoples’ situations. They are not living your life. And they know nothing about all the inner details of your life, your intentions, your feelings, your thoughts? So why in the world would you even care? Like logically, they know nothing.

Also, we give too much power to people because honestly, a lot of the time they actually don’t really care that much about you anyway, at least in the ways (maybe negative ways) in which you think they do. You think they’re maliciously thinking about you, the bad things in your life, and how you suck, and on and on? Cause chances are…probably not. They are probably too concerned with themselves and their own problems. Which isn’t a bad thing.

And even if they were maliciously trying to ruin your life for whatever reason (i.e. jealousy) or thinking negatively about you…literally what do you care? You really think they’re going to succeed? When they know, like what, nothing about you?

Caring what people think is just a waste of energy. Just focus on yourself and conserve that energy.

At some point in the future, soon hopefully, I will write a blog post about the double edged sword of caring too much. And there I will talk about the other side of caring about what people think…and when you should care.