Comparison is the Thief of Joy

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Motherhood, Cameronrogers, Freckledfoodie, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Parenting

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🗓️ 24 August 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

In this solo episode, I unpack my emotions around the concept of comparison and dive into why I (and many others) believe it is the thief of joy. I talk about my history with comparing, some recent examples of how it has gotten in the way of my happiness, and what I think causes the comparison. Specifically, I discuss the role my ego plays in it all. Full disclosure, I took an edible right before recording this episode and it definitely hits midway through, so this is also an inside look into my *edible therapy sessions* that I reference as one of the reasons why I love cannabis

Key Takeaway / Points:

Why comparison is the thief of joy
How I felt returning to social media after a week off for vacation
Comparison as a mom and some recent examples where it has gotten in the way of my happiness
Why our ego plays a huge role in this topic
An inside look into my *edible therapy sessions*

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0:00.0	Hello, Frickle Foodie fam. Welcome back to a solo episode. This one was not scheduled at all,
0:07.9	but it honestly just I felt this calling to this topic today and yesterday I guess I'll walk you
0:14.0	through all of this and it's something I've talked about many times throughout the years of when I get
0:20.5	anxious I feel this way and how interesting it is to take myself back and like really look at it
0:29.7	from an outsider's perspective and just be like what the hell are you wasting your time about
0:35.6	this for and I think it's also something that everyone struggles with or I guess I won't make that
0:40.9	assumption not everyone if you don't struggle with this please send in your wise words of wisdom
0:46.7	and help us all but I know a lot of the listeners do based on comments I've seen DMs I've received
0:55.9	so to set the stage I am currently in my pajamas it's 7 o'clock I have had a busy mother fucking day
1:04.7	it was a mom and full mom full work mode day that wasn't planned so there was a lot to get done
1:12.4	I leave for a trip tomorrow I'm supposed to go to an event tonight so I still have to get dressed
1:16.8	I just ate dinner and I took an edible so that's probably gonna hit at some point in this episode
1:21.6	so TBD on if this goes anywhere and if I even publish this but I just felt a calling to talk on
1:26.9	this today and I want to get it out of my system while it is fresh so today we are gonna chat about
1:34.0	how comparison is a thief of joy
1:52.4	so the reason this feels relevant to me is first and foremost I just took my week long vacation so
2:09.5	with that I completely shut off social and obviously that means I'm not working because my work
2:16.2	is so deeply tied into my social it is my social so it's wonderful in that sense because I'm not
2:22.9	working I'm not on my emails I'm not creating content all of those things but I honestly think the
2:27.7	more beneficial thing I really do I think the more impactful aspect of my vacation is that I don't
2:35.4	consume social media and there were times on the trip where there was something that I actively
2:43.2	you know my mom said that she got a dress from somewhere and I was like oh I want to look up this
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