A man spends half his life trying to prove himself… Then the other half realising the people worth impressing were never keeping score.

Yeah and what about women?

If only the majority of them figured this out earlier 😔

Patriarchy.

He was ultimately doing that, as in my case as an exercise of expression perfection. You keep on refining one's expressive efforts, not to prove oneself, that is how I approach my neverending struggle for the perfect expression.

We overestimate how much others notice, judge, or think about us. In reality, most people are focused on themselves, not on us

It doesn't matter
It never mattered
Waste of time