Stop Comparing Your Life To The Lives Of Your Friends On Social Media | The Odyssey Online
Start writing a post
Health and Wellness

Stop Comparing Your Life To The Lives Of Your Friends On Social Media

You're you, and only you can decide what is best for yourself.

21
Stop Comparing Your Life To The Lives Of Your Friends On Social Media
Citizen Relations

Here we are again with yet another engagement or baby announcement from a friend who is YOUNGER than you.

Wow. Just wow.

It kind of makes you think about your life and what's not happening in it.

1. You are so incredibly single.

2. You are so looking for a career.

It sucks. It sucks so much when you read another post about someone being in a new relationship, getting engaged, celebrating a new baby, or starting a new career, and you're just trying to get through the day without staining your shirt.

These are the moments when you think to yourself "when is my time or moment going to come?" When will I find that love and happiness that everyone seems to have around you? When will I find the career of my dreams? When will I have "it all" just like everyone else?

These questions take over and cause nothing but anxiety and displeasure. It makes you rethink your entire life and second guess everything you have ever done.

Here's the real question we ALL should be answering: when are we going to stop comparing ourselves to those around us?

I don't want to undermine the feelings of those who feel lost or hopeless in this world, because I get it. However, these feelings of self-doubt and worth are controllable and with much determination can be conquered with some simple thoughts: I love who I am and the life I live.

We need to stop comparing ourselves to what others are doing and where they are in their lives because they are not our own. Each and every single one of us has a different path that will take us on different journeys, leading us to different destinations, at different times.

That was a lot of "different," but you get the point...

So your best friend is married, another has a kid, another has their dream job, and you are still in school trying to figure it all out as you hide behind that bottle of wine.

Let me be the one to tell you that it's all going to be okay, and you will figure it all out. Don't rush it. Don't rush your life and settle for things just because everyone else is doing it. You're not everyone else.

You're you, and you know what is going to be best for you.

So the next time you get the “FOMO blues,” remind yourself that you are where you're supposed to be for a reason. Close that app and focus on what you need to do to get yourself to where you want to be. Stop comparing yourself and start living the amazing life you were given.

Report this Content
This article has not been reviewed by Odyssey HQ and solely reflects the ideas and opinions of the creator.
Entertainment

Every Girl Needs To Listen To 'She Used To Be Mine' By Sara Bareilles

These powerful lyrics remind us how much good is inside each of us and that sometimes we are too blinded by our imperfections to see the other side of the coin, to see all of that good.

390628
Every Girl Needs To Listen To 'She Used To Be Mine' By Sara Bareilles

The song was sent to me late in the middle of the night. I was still awake enough to plug in my headphones and listen to it immediately. I always did this when my best friend sent me songs, never wasting a moment. She had sent a message with this one too, telling me it reminded her so much of both of us and what we have each been through in the past couple of months.

Keep Reading...Show less
Zodiac wheel with signs and symbols surrounding a central sun against a starry sky.

What's your sign? It's one of the first questions some of us are asked when approached by someone in a bar, at a party or even when having lunch with some of our friends. Astrology, for centuries, has been one of the largest phenomenons out there. There's a reason why many magazines and newspapers have a horoscope page, and there's also a reason why almost every bookstore or library has a section dedicated completely to astrology. Many of us could just be curious about why some of us act differently than others and whom we will get along with best, and others may just want to see if their sign does, in fact, match their personality.

Keep Reading...Show less
Entertainment

20 Song Lyrics To Put A Spring Into Your Instagram Captions

"On an island in the sun, We'll be playing and having fun"

260762
Person in front of neon musical instruments; glowing red and white lights.
Photo by Spencer Imbrock on Unsplash

Whenever I post a picture to Instagram, it takes me so long to come up with a caption. I want to be funny, clever, cute and direct all at the same time. It can be frustrating! So I just look for some online. I really like to find a song lyric that goes with my picture, I just feel like it gives the picture a certain vibe.

Here's a list of song lyrics that can go with any picture you want to post!

Keep Reading...Show less
Chalk drawing of scales weighing "good" and "bad" on a blackboard.
WP content

Being a good person does not depend on your religion or status in life, your race or skin color, political views or culture. It depends on how good you treat others.

We are all born to do something great. Whether that be to grow up and become a doctor and save the lives of thousands of people, run a marathon, win the Noble Peace Prize, or be the greatest mother or father for your own future children one day. Regardless, we are all born with a purpose. But in between birth and death lies a path that life paves for us; a path that we must fill with something that gives our lives meaning.

Keep Reading...Show less

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Facebook Comments