When we allow comparison to enter our lives, we are subconsciously admitting that what we have isn't enough.

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Comparison is the Thief of Joy. They say Teddy Roosevelt said that, maybe, but probably not when I actually looked it up.

There's some arguments out there.

Even though, even if Michael Scott said it, it resonates with me because I'm guilty of it.

And I'll tell you why.

When I was at my regional airline, I felt like I was stuck. It was the end of 2019 when I got back from my first deployment in Africa. And I saw all these people get from my class. They're getting hired. They're moving on. They're going to other airlines. And I wasn't. I was stuck. All my peers were at the majors. All my classmates from

college were upgrading on wide bodies. I felt like their lives and careers were so much

better than mine. When we allow comparison to enter our lives, we are subconsciously admitting

that what we have isn't enough.

We begin to believe that if we gained what others have, it would make us happier and more

content.

And it took me months before I realized what was happening.

Much of what I was consuming and trying to turn into my own life

wasn't healthy. I was idealizing somebody else's life because it looked prettier than mine.

When we start comparing ourselves with someone else, we may begin adjusting the expectations

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