Stop comparing your behind-the-scenes to everyone else’s highlight reel. What you see is their success, not their struggle. Their wins, not their failures. The final draft, not the rough attempts that came before it. Your journey is yours, shaped by your timing, your context, and your work. Their journey belongs to them. Comparison drains joy and quietly undermines progress, pulling focus away from what actually matters: staying committed to your own path.
The act of comparing
As humans, we are always comparing ourselves to each other and when we compare ourselves to others, we may be left with feelings of inferiority or superiority, I have always said comparisons are the theft of joy. Era comparisons are the most fruitless of conversations given the differences in variables on aspects such as science, tactics and even technology.
“Comparison is the thief of joy.”