In school, I realised that there seemed to be two choices for me. Continue being geekish and scholarly, or work on being popular. I valued my academic pursuits more than I valued popularity, so I spent school pretty much alone. I trusted the people who said it'd get better later.

And they were right! It took a while for me to figure it out, but gee, there ARE other people in the world who are scholarly by nature - and I can be friends with them. What a wonder!

Anyway, that taught me a powerful lesson. Be me. It'll all work out, if I'm rigorously honest with myself.

Rigorous self-honesty isn't easy, and it often leads me to do things which are against current fashion. But while it can create short-term problems, it leads to long-term happiness.

So why do some kinds of people get upset when I recommend this self-honesty for the problems they come to me for? Oh, I get it: because they're lying to themselves. Well gee. I'm so sorry for them and their self-created problems. (Okay, no I'm not.)

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