> 2. Loose hope it’ll get better I think there's a bit more nuance to this than this sentence might imply. Because hoping things will get better is betting on

> 2. Loose hope it’ll get better I think there's a bit more nuance to this than this sentence might imply. Because hoping things will get better is betting on external circumstances to go your way. It reminds me of of something similar I heard somewhere: everyone always thinks there will be more time for things later. There won't be, there will only be less time. And I do not mean that in a cynical "every day is one day closer to your death" kind of way, although that's technically true I suppose; there's research showing on average you'll have less time per week and everything. To have more time later you need to actively plan on and work towards making more time. Ever since I've heard that I've been much more mindful of how and where I spend my time, of what I plan and what I don't. So with that in mind, my take on this would be "don't expect things to get better on their own, see if and how you can actively work to make things better, but accept it if there is no possibility right now."