# Life should be amazing, but it's not **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 27, 2012, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-should-be-amazing-but-its-not/616919 "2012-03-27T02:37:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-should-be-amazing-but-its-not/616919/42 "2012-03-28T01:29:11Z")
A really good way to make yourself miserable is to have strong opinions on how everything should be, _including the things that you have no control over_. Things that other people do is something you don’t control, and that is a popular topic for strong opinions. Another good way to make yourself miserable is to have unrealistic expectations. You can combine this with the above and have unrealistic expectations of others, for extra misery. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-should-be-amazing-but-its-not/616919/43 "2012-03-28T17:32:32Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Awesome. Thank you. > > Do you sometimes think that the only person standing in your way is you, with your own self-imposed limitations? My entire life is one long lesson in just that. > [@Ulfreida](#): > > suggestion: instead of trying to make life seem more wonderful to yourself, try making it seem more wonderful to someone else. > > It’s usually more interesting. Working on it. 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-should-be-amazing-but-its-not/616919.md?page=2)