In an era where everyone knows everything about everyone, it’s all too easy to get caught up in a cycle of comparison. From LinkedIn congratulation nudges to Instagram posts flaunting the perfect nose, the pressure to keep up can be overwhelming. But here’s the truth: this chain will never end.

• It’s unrealistic because it’s all a performance. the only person you should be competing with is yourself,
• That’s not even your dream; how very NPC of you.
• It’s 2024 man, you do you.

But, here’s a twist: modern psychology-philosophy intersections suggest that you can actually flip this negativity into something productive—a glass-half-full approach, if you will.

• Stop competing! Instead, maybe approach it as inflatus, a potential source of learning.
• Get off social media, get on the ground. Watch people work on their dreams and realize it’s not always rosy and you will definitely sustain a bruise or two (mostly mental).
• Every step forward is progress (but that doesn’t mean get a Kamikaze every night, we care about your liver). Celebrate the big and the small, oh and send us an invite : ).