553: Stop comparing yourself to fantasies
Today's a sassy one about the problem with comparison! It's so easy to compare our own imperfect lives to the lives of others.
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Thursday to you. Now around here we tend to be pretty sensitive, pretty empathetic, and it is fair to say that we can also be pretty damn hard on ourselves and get lost in perfectionism. And one of the other things I think it can be really easy to do is compare ourselves to other people. We have all got stuck in that comparison trap before and even though we logically know that we can't really make that comparison, we do anyway, and it doesn't leave us feeling particularly good. So today, I am popping in with a reminder of something that I know you already know, but I think we all need to hear. And it's whatever you are comparing yourself to is not real. You only get to see the curated and edited version. You don't really know what's going on behind the scenes.
You don't know all of the context and all of the nuance, and it is so easy to make assumptions about people and about how easy things might be or how good they've got it with only seeing one glimpse. While the truth is that there are people in the world that may have some things that you really, really want, there are also so many people in the same, if not a similar boat with you, that struggle with all the things that you struggle with, who have shame around similar things that you've got shame around. But because we see them, it's so easy to think that we're the only one that hasn't got the memo on how to be human, and we're the only one struggling and you're not. So today's reminder is just to stop comparing yourself to fantasies and ask yourself the question and get really honest and compassionate with yourself. What if where you are right now and who you are is enough? I just wanna pose that question. I know it's not an easy one. But remember that you are so much further ahead than you think you are. That the grass is definitely greener where you water it.
And you, my dear, are fucking fabulous. So fuck comparison. Fuck comparing yourself to other people's stories when you don't know all the details. And know that you've got this. I'll see you tomorrow.
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