Hello and welcome to this solo episode of the ESG Fitness podcast. I wanted to do this because I have

been thinking about a quote for a couple of weeks. I go back and forward with this quote. The quote is

comparison is the thiefief of joy.

Wait, did I say that right?

Thief.

Do you know what?

Anyone who's listening to this one know that I really struggle with.

F and T.H. sounds, and that word has both.

Comparison is the fith of joy.

Right, nailed it, I think.

It's very hard to completely avoid comparison,

especially in this day and age with social media, blah, blah, blah. What we normally do is compare our reality and often like our worst case scenario so we see like the worst of ourselves

because we know everything about ourselves to someone else's like facade on social media where

they're showing the best of themselves which is inevitable and I think I think this is whole other point, but I think there's this pressure now to be,

like, quote, unquote, authentic on social media.

And I like when people are real, but I think there's, I mean, it's okay not to share everything.

And I don't think we need to be sharing everything.

So anyway, as a result of that, you're comparing potentially

you're worse to someone else's best. Now, in this situation, I would agree that comparison is

usually a negative thing and we should try to avoid doing it. Or, as I just said, like, it's

almost inevitable that you are going to do it. So if you are going to

compare yourself to others, which is completely natural, then make sure you're realistic about

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