Youâre Not Behind; Youâre Just on Your Own Path
âTo wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.â ~Sven Goran Eriksson
Endlessly comparing ourselves to others and idealizing their best qualities while underestimating our own are self-defeating behaviors, and they hurt our self-esteem. Yet in the competitive nature of our world, many of us do this.
As a result of my own self-defeating thoughts, throughout my life, Iâve repeatedly felt like I was five years behind where I âshouldâ be.
After high school graduation, many of my peers went away to school and into a new wave of social experiences.
I stayed home, worked, and …
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