Summary

The article advises against self-destructive habits that hinder personal growth and success.

Abstract

The article "17 things you shouldn’t do anymore" addresses individuals who are dissatisfied with their lives and feel they are not living up to their potential. It emphasizes the importance of small, humble changes in daily routines to foster success and fulfillment. The author lists activities such as excessive screen time, unhealthy eating, lack of self-control, and obsessive social media use as detrimental to one's well-being and future success. These habits, often done in private, are portrayed as having visible consequences, affecting one's self-esteem, relationships, and life achievements. The article suggests that the universe metaphorically "watches" these actions, and their effects will become evident in one's character and life outcomes. It encourages readers to be mindful of their time and choices, as they will ultimately shape their future.

Opinions

The author believes that private actions, such as late-night snacking or excessive phone use, are not truly private and will manifest in one's public persona and health.
It is implied that self-indulgent and unproductive behaviors, like masturbating to digital content or endlessly swiping on dating apps, contribute to a lack of self-esteem and shame.
The article suggests that the consequences of one's actions are inevitable and will be reflected in future interactions and successes.
There is an opinion that people can intuitively sense when someone lacks pride in themselves, which is attributed to poor personal habits.
The author posits that every moment spent, including time on social media, is accountable and impacts one's life significantly.
The article conveys a sense of moral or karmic accounting, where the "universe" keeps track of one's choices and behaviors.
It is suggested that individuals should consider their future loved ones as silent observers of their current actions, implying that one's future self and relationships will be affected by today's habits.
The author asserts that no one truly "gets away" with self-sabotaging behaviors, as they will inevitably face the repercussions.

17 things you shouldn’t do anymore

Are you unhappy with your life? Are you unsatisfied with who you are? Do you feel like you’re operating at only 30% capacity?

You can’t figure it out. What’s going wrong? Where are you screwing up? Why is life an endless series of frustrating moments? Why do you never seem to make any real progress? The answers are right in front of your face.

Think small. Be humble. And address the dumb things that you do every single day.

Successful, fulfilled people don’t do these things:

Masturbating in bed with your laptop on your chest
Eating ice-cream in bed watching screens
Swiping through Tinder endlessly and desperately at home
Raiding the kitchen cupboards for snacks in the middle of the night
Staying up half the night on your smartphone
Paying for a girl’s Onlyfans
Checking your phone/emails/social media analytics obsessively (that includes medium)
Stalking people you’re attracted to on social media
Masturbating to digital pixels in any form
Drinking Coca-Cola
Grabbing your phone as soon as you wake up in the morning
Getting into furious arguments with strangers on the internet
Eating at Mcdonalds
Obsessively staring at your own body
Taking hundreds of selfies and agonizing over which one is best
Digitally editing your photos to the point that you look like you’re made of plastic
Drinking alcohol at home by yourself

You think that just because you do it in private, nobody will find out what you did. You’re wrong. They’re all going to find out.

The results of your actions will reveal themselves in your future.

You think you can sneak into the kitchen in the middle of the night, eat cookies and nobody will find out. But when the extra fat appears on your face, they will know what you did.

You think that you can hide in your room, lying in bed, with your laptop on your chest, masturbating to digital images of women, and nobody will find out. But when a woman looks into your eyes and sees in them a lack of self-esteem and that sense of shame, she will know what you did.

You think you can lie alone in your bed at night and scroll social media and nobody will find out. But when you reach 40 years old and you still have no real successes to speak of, they will know how you spent your time.

It’s not that they will know consciously, it’s that it will so self-evident that it won’t even be necessary to think about. To put it more simply, they will know, but in the back of their minds.

You can never get away with anything.

You think you can get away with it because nobody is watching. But the universe is watching. And it will observe every one of your choices and you’ll be given the consequences later on.

When you spend an hour scrolling nonsense on social media, you think it doesn’t count. You think scrolling on your screen is something separate from your real life. It’s not. Scrolling through social media is just as much a part of your life as anything else you do and it will be taken into account by the universe.

Your bad habits ring through your eyes when you look at people. They can see it: you’re not proud of yourself.

So imagine they’re watching. Your future wife. Your future husband. Your future children. After all, just because they didn’t see what you did, that doesn’t mean they won’t know what you did with your time, and what you didn’t do with your time.

Nobody ever gets away with anything.

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