Hey guys, welcome back to the pod. Hope everyone is doing well. We're doing July faves today.

And you know what I caught myself doing? Comparing. Okay. I have been comparing and I was like,

why am I feeling bejiggy and I realized it was before I jump into July faves. It's because I was

comparing a little bit between this July and not last July. I think I'm pretty good now. I've

got trained myself because it's a muscle. It's a muscle to not compare myself to other people.

Where I fall short is comparing different times. So I'm a very, very nostalgic person. Different

from sentimental. I'm very nostalgic. Okay. I just, I love to look at photos on the plane of stuff

that happened in the past. I love to reminisce. I could reminisce for like two hours with someone.

All I could do is just, you know, recite memories. It's just like I find that very to feel

really good. But anyway, I was thinking like, oh, this July versus last July. And honest to God,

last July was like one of the hardest months of my life. But now I look back and I'm like,

oh, my God, that was the best month. It was so nice. And I was learning and I didn't know all

that good was to come. And I was comparing it to this July. And I'm going to be so real with you.

This is something that I really need to actively work on is I have to actively remind myself

that I will look back to now and be like, that was the best fucking time. And sometimes I'm good

at it. Sometimes I'm bad at it. But I do find it very, very hard to stay present. And that's a type

of comparison because you're comparing to the future or the past, right? So I really need to work

on this. Sometimes I just have the hardest time saying present. Honestly, I feel like when things

are going well, I haven't even harder time saying present. If that makes any sense, I just compare

and I future trip. And I don't know. I've been really trying to get back into journaling again

because it does make me feel grounded. The gratitude list is pop in and all that good stuff. But

sometimes I just feel a little bit, I don't know. I also think when I'm out of my regular routine,

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