Last night, I was in a reflective mood while I was scrolling through my drafts. Then I found something worth filing under the Notes to Self category. It was a quote I would always bring up on my social media accounts and one of my old main blogs (which preceded The Diary), but I never really explained it personally. Since I’m still in a reflective mood tonight, I figured I should bring it up one more time and finally expound on it.
The quote? It’s a line CM Punk (who was slowly growing out of The Nexus and had entered his Best in the World era) said to Mr. McMahon during a contract negotiation on an episode of WWE Raw in 2011.
That’s the problem. You don’t give a damn. And my problem is I care too much.
CM Punk to Mr. McMahon, WWE Raw (July 11, 2011)
In the past, I wanted to fix what’s figuratively broken. I have seen so many broken relationships (platonic, romantic, etc.), so I grew up needing to fix things. When I see a problem, I try to solve it. When I see a relationship failing, I try to fix it. I’d even go to extreme lengths to mend a broken relationship I wanted to save, and that took years. But no matter how much effort I put into fixing things, if I’m the only one who’s fixing it, what’s the point?
Then there’s the price for caring too much: physical and mental exhaustion. I learned that if I always care too much, it will just drain me. Trust me: that happened to me. That really drained me, and it almost broke me. And the sadder thing? They didn’t care. Again, I say: if I’m the only one who’s fixing things, what’s the point?
I wrote this Notes to Self entry not because I had another broken bond recently, but because I need a concrete reminder that not every problem can be solved and not every relationship can be fixed. Sadly, that’s how life goes. In the end, they don’t give a damn, and I cared too much. So, why should I continue care too much if they don’t?
And because I’m also stubborn, if I were to keep caring too much, it should be for those who deserve it and those who give a damn. I really should stop caring for those who don’t care.
See you in the next post.
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Updated on January 26, 2026.
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