You measure yourself against someone and always come up short. The comparison is rigged — you’re weighing your insides against their outsides.
“What would you have me know about the comparison that keeps shrinking me?”
Some additional insights around this question:
- Who do you measure yourself against, and lose?
- What are you actually envying — the thing, or what you imagine it feels like?
- What would you reclaim by stepping out of the ranking entirely?