Have you been judging yourself by unfairly Comparing yourself to images of people you see online? Stop Comparing Yourselves to Images We See Online People are posting a lot of photos of themselves doing amazing things with amazing people. Once people are out of doors, it’s natural for people to want to be more visible, and for some of them, to want to one-up the other people who are posting photos online. Whether they choose Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter or all of the above, many of these individuals have become social media stars. For those of us with relatively ordinary lives, it’s easy to feel like we fall short in comparison. It’s almost an automatic reflex to compare ourselves to those people online who we think are living more exciting lives than we are. We see them doing these seemingly fabulous activities and going to these seemingly fantastic places, and we think, “Why am I not doing that? Why can’t I have that lifestyle?” The people posting their photos online look great all the time. They never have a bad hair day or a wardrobe malfunction. Their clothes and makeup are always perfect; their activities seem incredibly fun and exciting; they’re surrounded by beautiful, fascinating-looking people. We regular folk feel inadequate in comparison. But should we be comparing ourselves to the pictures we see online? For many of us, it’s almost impossible not to do so. But when we do compare ourselves, we feel like we could never measure up. It’s demoralizing, as we’re convinced that we’ll never be as attractive, as well-dressed or as popular as these people appear to be. We’re certain that we’ll never be at the right place at the right time like these internet stars always are. But there’s something we need to remember about...

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