Going to your high school reunion can make many of us feel nothing but dread. We tend to compare ourselves to our peers, even years after schooling is over. One writer found out that measuring your success against others can only hurt your happiness.
Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, writer of this article about failing, talks about how finding your own success in life can be difficult. Things don’t always go the way we plan. But one person’s success should never dwarf your own. You can use this as a motivator rather than letting it be your downfall.
“Classmates are as far-flung as New York and London, living ritzy lives, working ritzy jobs, eating fancy meals at fancy restaurants I can’t pronounce the names of. Immaculately curated Facebook feeds show the life I always thought I wanted – the life that, until recently, I resented myself for failing to attain. That is, until a friend said something that really stuck with me: other people’s success is not your failure.”