Mirror Mirror on the wall...

You know you shouldn’t.

You know it’s unfair when someone else does it.

You know it’s a recipe for misery.

But you still do it!

Comparisons are a part of life… right from how soon you started to walk, to how well you did academically to how much money you make! But when this reaches a point of obsession, it could start impacting you both physically and psychologically.

“To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.” -Sven Goran Eriksson

So, how do we shift our energies from comparison to inspiration?

1. Water your own garden : Will your garden bloom if you focus on our neighbor’s garden? Instead of wasting time comparing your path to someone else’s; spend it curating, pruning and caring for your own.
2. Don’t let fear guide your choices : The choices we make are based on either love or fear. My friend loved her teaching job, but took up a banking job for the fear of financial security… she is now miserable and still wondering if financial security was a genuine fear or was it just peer comparisons…
3. Tell a better story : Comparison often leads to us “should-ing” -- we say “I should have this..” or “I should have done that...”, focusing on what we’re lacking. How about knowing the behind-the-scene hardships, failures, sacrifices that come with someone else’s big moment, and making that an inspiration as you write your own life’s story.

“Don’t compare your life to others. There’s no comparison between the sun and the moon. They shine when it’s their time.”

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Happy Friday ! and have a woderful weekend.