Stop measuring yourself against others

Are you not progressing or are you measuring yourself by the yardstick of others? Are you not successful or you’re defining your success based on the definition foisted on you by the environment you’ve found yourself? Are you behind or you’re just being too hard on yourself?

First thing you need to understand- Not all of us who start out as academics will become professors. Not all doctors will become specialists. Not all of us who are tech people will have unicorn companies. Not all of us will be billionaires (or even millionaires). And all of these are okay. The reason why dejection sets in for a lot of people is because they keep seeing themselves through the lens of others and forget to celebrate the little wins.

Life is not cut out to be like that. If it was, then we’ll all not need ourselves.

Are you thinking to yourself, “I should have been this and that?” Don’t get me wrong please. You should strive hard to be the best version of YOU but you should also remember that life does not go in a straight pattern. Filled with peaks and troughs, curves and turns.

Not all us will become CEOs. But you can live your best life the moment you accept yourself for who you are and embrace every stage of your life. Are you measuring your success by the yardstick of others? Are you truly not successful or you’re not celebrating your little wins?

Be kind to yourself. Life itself is hard enough already.

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