Just in case you needed this note to self today....

Repost from @natlue:
Something that’s key to our wellbeing is becoming mindful of what drains us. We may not be consciously aware that we are carving at ourselves with comparison while, for example, scrolling through Instagram, but our feelings are the clue. If we feel worse than we did before, we've engaged in comparison.

Whether consciously or not, estimating ourselves against others, especially against their highlights, causes our self-esteem to take a hit. It's a form of self-attack. When I did it for just a short while earlier today, I felt anxious, overwhelmed, defeated and small. It was noticing these feelings that stopped me in my tracks and forced me to focus on being kind to myself. The worst thing I could have done was to continue with the comparison spiral and convince myself that I’m not ’good enough’ or a ’failure’, both of which aren’t true but comparison says otherwise.

Hating on ourselves is exhausting. Compassion and patience help us to remember who we’ve forgotten we are and to discover who we can become.