five increasingly painful truths that would just improve your life this will be hard to please scroll on if you're not ready to face them one your social media addiction will get worse more scrolling more emptiness figure out how to create a sustainable balance to successful people are not constantly watching motivation and productivity videos pull yourself away and practice what you already know three excessive planning and researching is not doing the work at least options paralysis and overwhelm find a way to get started for being busy is a convenient excuse to avoid doing the things you're afraid of catch yourself when you know you're avoiding it five no one wants to hear you complain about your problems and do nothing about them figure out what you need to do and execute