After 30 years of life on our beautiful planet, you learn some things.
Being cool doesn't matter.
Fitting in doesn't matter.
What people think of you also doesn't matter... for the most part.
But the biggest thing I have come to realize, that all those movies and books said wasn't true, is that life truly is NOT fair. The bad guy will win, and the good guy will lose. And you eventually will sit there pondering in amazement,
"That person is a piece of poo, surely karma will punish them! Why isn't karma getting them?"
And you might be right, it could happen quickly or decades down the line. Even better, they might live a long happy life... while you live a short angry one. You die a miserable and bitter person, while the bad guy lives a successfully rich life.
That is just the way our planet works, someone who did nothing wrong could suffer unimaginable pain. You could simply be born into a poor throw of the dice and never enjoy certain things, no matter how hard you work. Here is another thing, you could spend your whole life trying to be the best, morally pure person you could be; but will never be rewarded for it. It is something you just naturally expect, right? If you live a good life then good things should come. But that isn't the world we live in sadly, it might come or it might not... your odds are random. Maybe a lot of people are realizing this and have simply given up on trying. Given up on trying to look good, given up on building a future, given up on helping those around them, simply given up on themselves.
Here is the positive despite the giant balloon of negativity, it doesn't matter whether the world blesses you. It is your choice how you want to live and die, kind of like a video game where it keeps track of everything you do. It doesn't matter either way, but you can finish the game with a record you are proud of or just not care and have the metrics be all over the place. It is 100% your choice and I feel that life is the same way, you won't get any awards for never, ever, ever, ever stealing; but you will feel good knowing you never did.
Ultimately, you can choose how your life is directed. Something I've come to realize is that you can choose your destiny, even if destiny doesn't choose you.