[ChipSkylark]

2 cents: Get off / moderate your social media, news media, TV show service intake - stop giving in to the comparison game that you can never win. When you play this game, you are living vicariously through the lives of others instead of realizing the incredible opportunity you have in each moment to maximize your own potential and be the best version of yourself.

For a long time a source of my discontent in life came from comparing my small steps towards big goals to the empires and platforms of the top performers in the same field. It made me feel irrelevant and like my efforts were pointless. I got out of that trap by taking extreme ownership of my actions and what I create, and I started viewing my progress solely relative to who I was yesterday, rather than to external benchmarks. I forget the exact quote, but it's similar to something like: "the best way to improve something is to start measuring it." and this really crystallized for me when I read a blog post by James Clear: "The Domino Effect." Momentum is important in our behavior - harnessing it to your own benefit becomes like a super power once you can appreciate how useful it is.