How Not to Compare Yourself to Others
Hi everyone! For my last blog post, I want to talk about how not to compare yourself to others. I touched upon this a little bit in my first post where I talked about how social media can affect us mentally but I want to go deeper into this topic. I believe that everyone, or at least most people, compare themselves to others. It’s not a good thing, but it’s kind of hard not to, especially in our society. We tend to compare ourselves to people who we think are more attractive or more successful than us. I am guilty of this and it is something I used to do a lot. After my ex-boyfriend and I broke up, he started dating someone else and I couldn’t help comparing myself to her. I would constantly ask myself, “Is she prettier than me?” “Is she more fun to be around?”. These were just some of the many thoughts I had whenever I would compare myself to her. It messed with me a lot and made me feel insecure about myself. It even came to the point where I started to dress like her...