[treyfitty]

That’s how I quit too. But I’m convinced this came at a price- the time spent under cognitive dissonance has impacted my self confidence and self worth a non-negligible amount. To counteract this, I followed the same strategy and framed myself as “I’m a very confident person,” but overcompensated by being an objective asshole.

Today, I would still consider myself an asshole in certain situations, but that’s precisely the thing about being an asshole- it’s binary and not allowed to be subjected to the disclaimer “* asshole only in certain situations.” I’m still working on that.