3 Reasons Why You're Not Thriving

You're scrolling through social media and all you see on your feed is success and celebration belonging to other people. You realize it's not healthy to compare your growth to others but somehow you just can't look away. Your finger begins to cramp from swiping up and down your screen and your heart twists in self loathing. Before you sleep, you begin to believe that there's something wrong with you. How could you be trying your best, taking risks and yet, you haven't reached your goal. You've followed the formula, right? Hard work + persistence = success. It's a tale as old as time so what might possibly be wrong? I'll tell you.

• You're expecting your journey to resemble that of other people.
• You've completely ignored the fact that social media doesn't reveal the whole story.
• You spend more time pitying yourself and less time exploiting different avenues for growth.

By the time that you reach your goal, you'll have your own custom made formula that might not work for everybody else even though it worked for you. But that's what makes stories interesting, they are all significantly different and dependent on a variety of backgrounds and experiences. You're the most important asset to your plot. Now that you realize that, what are you going to do about it?

I dare you,

E.A.