Comparing yourself to others is a great way to feel miserable.
I could totally do that if I wanted...
Submitted 8 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to [deleted]
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1984@lemmy.today 8 months ago
Dee@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yeah, but I’ll probably do it at least two more times before the day is over.
ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
Everyone else compares me to everyone else. To not do so would be naïve.
Misconduct@startrek.website 8 months ago
My hobby is starting new hobbies not getting good at them 😔
Mudkipology@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Just wait until you have a dentist that’s younger than you. I’m only in my mid 30s but got one fresh out of dentistry school. That’s the moment you officially feel like a fossil.
Coreidan@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Think of all the folks younger than you that are healthier than you, better looking than you, wealthier, and more accomplished than you.
At some point it just doesn’t matter and thinking about it doesn’t benefit you in any conceivable way.
All you can do is focus on yourself and leverage your strong points. That’s all you can do and it’s all that matters.
LavaPlanet@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I know this isn’t in the spirit of things, but, If you go through life comparing yourself to others, there’s always going to be someone more practised at something who possibly had more privileges and therefore came out ahead of you.
But really we shouldn’t be measuring ourselves in how much $ we produce, that’s a made up thing, anyway and we are worth more than how many $ we can make someone else. And we’re pretty much all stuck in that oppressive system. And part of being stuck in that oppressive system is brain washing you into believing your value is tied up in how much you generate. But even on a basic level we actually know that’s not true. You don’t treat disabled people like they’re worthless, but their earning capacity in a society built around able bodied people, isn’t equal.
You are a deep, rich, and complex, electrically animated meat puppet, and you have vast worth, you have just been trained not to see it.
Random_user@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The older you get the more this will hurt.
nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br 8 months ago
And we start seeing much younger people doing everything we tried and failed… Oh, how it hurts.
RoseRose56@lemmy.world 8 months ago
And mom next to you said “why can’t you be like him/her?” /j
nostalgicgamerz@lemmy.world 8 months ago
How about rich and talented?
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 8 months ago
…and in a loving and committed relationship with a compatible mate.
MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 8 months ago
…is this coffee?
RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Is it just me or does that creamer(?) seem a little to thick?
GrimSheeper@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I think it’s foamy milk for a latte
Copythis@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I recently found out an old buddy is a famous YouTuber with 5 million followers.
My kids were watching him, and I said “that’s weird, we used to hang out in high school!” Their minds were blown. He’s gotta be rolling in the big bucks.
The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 8 months ago
That would be so surreal.
STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Aww don’t be hard on yourself. You are a lemmy shit posting mod. You have any idea how many people your age have that honor?
The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 8 months ago
You’re right, I don’t know what I was thinking.
CyberCatBytes@kbin.social 8 months ago
I salute OP for their work
random_character_a@lemmy.world 8 months ago
o7