28 One-Sentence Tough Love Reminders Every 20-Something Needs To Hear Right Now

You are your biggest problem but you are also your best chance.

Thought Catalog
3 min readMar 13, 2023
Beyzaa Yurtkuran

By Molly Burford

1. Chasing people who do not want to be caught is a fool’s race.

2. Other people really aren’t thinking about you that much, so stop worrying so much about what’s going on in their minds; they’re more focused on themselves.

3. No one is ever obligated to love you.

4. Life is really fucking difficult and messy and heartbreaking but it’s also the only thing we really have, so you’re gonna have to give it your all anyway.

5. Sometimes, hard work will not get you what you want but that doesn’t mean you’re exempt from it.

6. Only you are responsible for the way you react to things.

7. More often than not you are in control of the things you’re unhappy about, so quit bitching and make the changes you need to be happier.

8. Gossip is lazy, talk about something that actually matters.

9. The world isn’t against you, so stop acting like it is.

10. Who you are when no one is looking says a whole hell of a lot more about you than when all eyes are…

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