We set ourselves up for disappointment.

Well, at least I know I do.

I set goals that are too high, I am to overachieve and I ultimately set myself up for personal failure. Disappointment.

I set these standards that i think, although they're out of my league, might just be reachable with hardwork and dedication.

But in the end, we're all just going to be disappointed, because life just doesn't seem to work like that. You think maybe, just maybe, you could be sneaky and get past it, trick them while they're not looking and possibly achieve that goal.

Well life is simple, and it's going to end up in a simple 'no'.

There are no hidden passageways and there are no simple tricks. It is what it is.

That aim, that goal, is not going to happen. Whoever said hardwork & dedication will get you far, lied.

Plain, downright lies.

Life fucks you over.

You work hard, you really try, you get that inkling of optimism that maybe you can get there, one tiny step at a time - and then you get screwed.

Life lets you down. Work lets you down. Effort lets you down. And most of all, you let yourself down.

One thing we can be certain is that people let you down.

You even do it to yourself.

Well, life, I'm tired of getting hurt. I'm tired of putting my energy into something that doesn't quite reciprocate. It's time to just stop.

Stop setting those standards you can't achieve, stop investing everything into that which is only going to let you down. Stop caring so much.

It's time to build that wall back up. The wall that so strongly guarded you from getting hurt until you decided to ignore it's purpose, ignore it's advice, and break it down in hope of something greater - a true investment.

That's the thing with investments, you never know what you're going to get back - At first it's great, it's hopeful, its inspiring.

The rejection of the wall may seem awesome - things are brighter. But when the bright gets brighter, the dull gets even duller.

Life fucks you over - that's just how it happens.

And so, brick by brick, its time to build that wall back up.

You need to defend yourself

- from those who let you down, from intense emotion, from sky-high goals, from the struggles and the disappointment, from life, and from yourself.

I'm tired of getting hurt.

Life screws you. you get fucked over. You fuck yourself over. People let you down.

You learn to accept it.