• speaker_hat@lemmy.one
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    11 months ago

    You can’t compare yourself to others.

    Live the life you have as you are, not the life of others as you will never be.

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      11 months ago

      Everyone else seems to compare me to others. Not comparing myself to others seems foolish if I want to do things like have a job.

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        11 months ago

        People that do it, usually do it because they themselves being compared to others (by their own or by others), so they don’t know another way.

        If it works for you, go ahead, but if it won’t, remember you can do it your way, even though it might be different than others.

        In my opinion, having a job is not something that is done because others do it, but it’s done because you want to do it. But if you don’t want to do it, change to something you’d want to do.

        “Doing things” is part of the human core, so you have it in your core, regardless of others. “Job” is just getting paid for “Doing things”.

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          11 months ago

          Some of them do it because it’s been bullied into them. My daughter, who used to be very independent (and still is in some ways thankfully), had to be taken out of her middle school because of the bullying and she is constantly asking if it’s weird that she does this or that and I have to keep reassuring her that it doesn’t matter if it’s weird as long as it makes her happy and even though kids will treat her like shit now, when she’s an adult, most people won’t care. The only people who will care are the ones who never grew up.

          But yeah, she’s become someone who compares herself to others. Because she’s scared about what they will do to her because she’s different.

          She’s actually starting to dress how she wants to dress again instead of trying to look neutral. It’s terrific.