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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio.
Good morning. This is Laura.
Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's tip is don't compare your actual life and your interior struggles to curated versions of other people's lives.
Many people have struggles of some sort or another, but even if they don't, there is no point feeling bad about yourself in comparison.
Today's tip was inspired by Anne author of the books Bird by Bird and Traveling Mercies, among many others.
On the occasion of her 61st birthday, she made a list of everything she knew for sure.
And this list ultimately became a TED Talk called 12 Truths I've Learned from Life and Writing.
One of those truths, she says, is that everyone is screwed up, broken, clingy and scared.
Even the people seem to have it most together.
They are much more like you than you would believe, so try not to compare your insides to other people's outsides.
It will only make you worse than you already are.
There is definitely something to that.
Comparing yourself to other people who seem better off is never going to make you happier.
Unfortunately, social media makes it all too easy to compare your inside to other people's You know firsthand what your real life is like.
And when you scroll through social media, you see what other people's posts are about their lives.
Seeing all the fabulous images and news they share can lead to feeling bad about yourself.
Like everyone else has more fun, more friends, more money, more harmonious and photogenic children and more happy memories than you.
That's one thing with celebrities, but even people we know can seem to have it all together.
And when we focus on comparing ourselves to others, we're not actually connecting with them.
So everyone ends up lonelier too.
So what to do instead?
Well, to start, when you look at social media or holiday cards or the photos displayed on a friend or colleague's desk, remind yourself that you are getting a curated view of the other person's life.
You are not seeing the whole picture.
It's perfectly fine to congratulate them on that one awesome moment.
But realize that probably not all their moments are just like that.
You can also suffer less from comparisons by putting in the time to connect directly with people.
And I don't mean by just liking their posts.
If you call your friend, you'll talk about that lovely photo she posted of her family hiking the Grand Canyon, for sure.
And then you will get to hear all the funny stories about how one kid got car sick and threw up, and one kid sat down in the middle of the trail and refused to go further until she was promised an M &M every 50 yards.
I don't subscribe to a theory that everyone is secretly miserable, but we don't need to assume everyone is miserable to feel better about our own bad moments.
We simply need to realize that any moment is not the whole story.
Most people have at least some ups and downs.
Choosing to connect authentically with other people can make us feel better even if we are having struggles.
So go with that, and everyone will feel better.
In the meantime, this is Laura.
Thanks for listening.
And here's to making the most ...
of our time! Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at laura at lauravanderkamp .com.
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