COMPARISON WILL KILL YOU BY EMILY MIKLAS

For most of my life, I lived  through the lens of comparing myself to those around me. I compared myself to my brother, to my friends, to the girl who sits in front of me in class, to anyone and everyone. It wasn’t until my senior year of high school that I realized how much this mindset was hindering me, holding me back. Comparison will kill you. It will keep you from being creative, from stepping outside of your comfort zone, from achieving your dreams. I realized that I was comparing my beginning to others middles and that it was keeping me from pushing any and all boundaries. I stopped looking at my differences as flaws, and started seeing them as what makes me me. I use them to my advantage. Comparison is the thief of joy, it keeps you ordinary. Take it from someone who was once addicted to it.