15. Stop comparing and say goodbye to jealousy.

This one is so important. Jealousy can be very overwhelming and many times it originates from comparing. Comparing of what other people have and you don’t, what’s better about their life. Let it be an experience, situation or some sort of item they own. Jealousy is generally an ugly emotion and we don’t like it. Although it can be beneficial since it makes us try harder and be better. But to know where the line between jealousy being a good and bad aspect is almost impossible to trace. You may work on yourself harder because you see someone your age travelling the world and making money from it. But suddenly you might catch yourself being in a bad mood because you have started comparing every aspect of their life to your own, thinking why I won’t get the opportunity to go there, to do that?

You see all these young people doing amazing, breath-taking things and you just wish to be apart of it. You feel the pressure to be as good as them if you decide to start doing something similar. What you need to know is success doesn’t happen overnight. It’s a path with many obstacles and you need to start with baby steps, not Usain Bolt’s running pace.

Social media has got a big role in this. So that’s why it is crucial to remember not everything you see online is the picture of reality. Many times, it’s a picture of an edited reality. People generally share with the world the good things that happen to them, but nobody feels the need to share when something not so great happens. Therefore, you might feel the need to have that good life, that picture perfect life you see in the posts on Instagram. You can never have a bad day because that celebrity is not having it. It’s wrong. You have your own life and you should never compare your real life to someone else’s online.

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