You notice an old friend sharing photos from an amazing vacation, purchasing a new house, or marking a promotion that you wished for yourself. For a brief moment, you might ask yourself why their life appears to be progressing while yours seems to be at a standstill. Yet even if you could swap lives with them, would their version of happiness genuinely suit the life you desire?
That uneasy sensation is something many people know well. Social media makes it particularly simple to measure our own lives against someone else's finest moments. When someone else succeeds, our own accomplishments can seem less significant, and another person's joy can occasionally make us question why we lack the same thing.
