Some realizations hit like a train. Others sneak up on you over time, slowly reshaping the way you see the world. Either way, once you see them, you can’t unsee them. They won’t necessarily turn you into a Zen master or a billionaire overnight, but they might make you slightly less confused, slightly less anxious, and maybe even slightly better at life.

Here are 45 truths—some profound, some painfully obvious—that, once internalized, just might make your life a little easier.

1. No One Thinks About You as Much as You Think About Yourself. Know that whatever you’re insecure about, most people around you haven’t even noticed it, because everyone else is too busy thinking about themselves.

2. Be Willing to be Disliked. It gives you freedom to do what needs to be done, even if it’s not that common.

3. Care For Your Body. Like floss, wear sunscreen every day. It might mean nothing now but trust me, in 20, 30 years from now, you’re going to find this helpful.

4. Love is Great But It Doesn’t Fix Relationship Problems. It doesn’t make trust issues go away.  Love can harm as much as it heals. It’s an amplifier. It makes a good relationship better and a bad relationship much worse.

5. If all of your relationships have the same problem. You’re most likely the problem.

6.You don’t have to prove anything to anyone, including yourself.

7. The only way to feel better about yourself  is to do things worth feeling good about

8. Stop avoiding the difficult things in your life and instead find the difficult things you enjoy.

9. Your Relationship With Others Is a Direct Reflection of Your Relationship With Yourself. Meaning If you treat yourself poorly, then you will also unconsciously seek out and tolerate others who treat you poorly.

10. Taking Responsibility for All of Your Problems Alleviates More Suffering Than It Creates. The more responsibility you take, the more you empower yourself to actually do something about your pain.

11. A happy life is not a life without stress. It’s a life of meaningful stress

12. People Don’t Resist Change—They Resist Being Changed. People will fight to the death to avoid being told what to do, even if they secretly want to change.

13. If You Wouldn’t Take Someone’s Advice, Don’t Take Their Criticism. Why let people who don’t know what they’re talking about dictate how you feel about yourself?

14. You don’t have to explain yourself to people who are committed to misunderstanding you.

15. “Success” is Mostly Survivorship Bias. For every billionaire, there are a million people who did the exact same things but failed. Luck plays a bigger role than we like to admit.

16. The people who are “too busy” to text back are texting someone else.If they cared, you’d know. If they don’t, you’d be confused. Read between the lines.

17. Being right feels good. Being kind feels better.You don’t have to win every argument. Sometimes, letting something go is the real flex.

18. Everything you want is on the other side of discomfort. Growth is painful. Stagnation is worse.

19. The algorithm is not your friend.It doesn’t care about making you happy. It cares about keeping you glued. Be mindful of what you consume.

20. The world rewards people who ask for things. Raises. Opportunities. Discounts. People who don’t ask, don’t get.

21. Nobody Likes a Martyr. Sacrificing your happiness to prove a point only makes people resent you.

22. It’s Never Too Late to Start Over. You’re never too old to start over. Reinvention is a lifelong privilege.

23. The Richest People You Know Don’t Act Rich. True wealth is quiet. The loudest flexers are usually in debt or one bad month away from drowning.

24. You become the average of the five people you spend the most time with. Look at your circle. That’s your future. Choose wisely.

25. You don’t have to be the best. You just have to be better than most. The bar is lower than you think. Most people quit early, half-ass their work, or never start at all.

26. Money solves problems, but it won’t fix your self-worth. If you feel empty, an extra zero in your bank account won’t fill the hole.

27. Most people stay broke because they’re afraid to be seen starting small. Humility pays off. Your ego will keep you poor.

28. If someone wants to be with you, they will be. No excuses. Confusion is a red flag. If you have to wonder, they don’t care enough.

29. Fear is a liar. The things you’re afraid to do are usually the things that will change your life.

30. Life is short, but it’s long enough if you stop wasting time. Every wasted year is a year you won’t get back.

31. Growth is uncomfortable because you’re trading familiarity for possibility.

32. Life is short, but it’s also the longest thing you’ll ever do. Don’t rush through it.

33. People don’t change overnight. But one small shift—one good habit, one new thought—can start a transformation.

34. The right people will love you for who you are, not for what you do for them.

35. Happiness Isn’t Something You Chase. it’s something you create.

36. Gratitude won’t fix everything, but it makes the bad days easier to bear.

37. Boredom isn’t the enemy. Some of the best ideas come when your brain has space to wander.

38. Rejection is redirection.

39. Worrying about something won’t stop it from happening, but it will steal your peace in the meantime.

40. The worst-case scenario is rarely as bad as your mind makes it out to be.

41. You can’t think your way out of fear. Sometimes, you just have to do the thing scared.

42. Comparison is a thief that will leave you broke.

43. Forgiveness doesn’t mean excusing what happened. It means deciding it won’t control you anymore.

44. Peace is expensive. Sometimes, it costs cutting ties with people, habits, or places you once loved.

45. Life will break your heart a few times. But it will also surprise you, heal you, and make you believe in beautiful things again.