Good Charlotte "Generation Rx"

The production of new music often remains unopposed, but I believe there is a point in a band's career where they should just let it be. While The Chronicles of Life and Death was not as beloved, or sold as much, as the album that preceded it, I believe it to be the better of the two. Experimentation is often a sign of maturity, and both are present on the finale of their first trilogy. With the realm of possibilities they had opened, it made it all the more disappointing when my expectations collided with the reality that they will create the music they want; some of the more "epic" tunes may have been a tad cheesy with those aural accessories, but I overlooked that because I liked the songs. 
Good Morning Revival had more value than I may have lead myself and others to believe, but the point of the paragraph was to say that Cardiology was the album I had expected to immediately follow.
So while Youth Authority was a nice return, its music did not say that this was the reason to overturn Cardiology's swan song status. 

I understand that as a creative person, a feeling of self-worth or sense of purpose may partly be aligned with output, and the quality of it. Every executed idea may not offer 100% satisfaction to the creator or the audience, but sometimes it is best to let it out, so the idea does not rot within the mind; this is referring more to Revival, and although it was repetitious at times it did have some memorable tunes and utilized some good ideas. Just because the execution of the expression of emotion may not been the most mature does not mean that "Actual Pain" was non-existent, or that it did not serve as a reason for conception.
Now, to the point where you question whether the time you spent was worth it.
I will first say that the album seems to replicate the experimentation that The Chronicles of Life and Death had, in a more mature and subtle approach. While they have retained the pop essence of the aforementioned, the riffs are meatier and the sound edgier; a great example would have to be "Self Help" for the latter, and the former listen to "Leech" or "Better Demons."
The themes found in Youth Authority re-emerge, even if one has found their purpose, it does not shield that person from a negative presence that will still exist; whether it was derived from previous trauma, or that existential angst that affects everyone to varying degrees. The journey of finding yourself doesn't really end, even if you believe you have found what you are meant to do on Earth. It may sound odd, but the "scars" of success, such as the penetrated barrier of a "private life," or the scrutiny of millions to billions of opinions at any given time, the latter especially, are also referred to in "Shadowboxer."
The album is a concise and consistent collection of songs that are constructed from catharsis, even effective at type vicarious, to a lesser extent. Some of the songs exclaim "I Just Wanna Live" from their Chronicles album, though not in as direct a manner. The song that I can associate with social media and the intentional ambiguity that may be present in tweets or posts is "Prayers" where the delivery may include a wish for the strife to end for that person, or those people, and while the intent may be good we cannot truly know whether it is for show or genuine, unless we know the person.  As the lyrics commentate:
"Prayer
They don't mean a thing at all
Do they answer when you call?
These prayers, when you don't mean what you say
Would you die for me today?
No, I just can't relate."
The album opens with questions on the title track, which builds the tension that leads to the explosive energy of "Self Help," and the questions do not cease until the ode to "California (The Way I Say I Love You)."