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Discussion on: Is Comparison the Thief of Joy?

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Prakirth Govardhanam • Edited

Personally, due to the culture I was brought up in it was inevitable to compare yourself with your peers who are doing better than you.

As I evolved, I addressed all the self-criticality I was shoving myself down with (thanks to therapy) and decided to give myself some credit to survive this so long.

Nowadays, I notice it as soon as I compare myself with anyone and start comparing myself between the past, present and the future (visualising success).
It gives some joy and helps keep up with what I am doing to get to the future I want😊