29 “If They Can’t Handle You at Your Worst, They Don’t Deserve Your Best”
You’ve heard it before—maybe even seen it as a meme on Instagram. “This is the motto of every person you have ever met that draws drama to them like a magnet, but can’t for the life of them figure out why,” Anderson says. “What many proponents of this advice fail to realize is that often ‘you at your best’ isn’t worth having to handle you at your worst. Instead of trying to rationalize your bad behavior, spend that time actually improving yourself and your life to the point where your worst is worth dealing with.”
