Don’t Get Jealous Online, Become Inspired Instead

Scrolling through any news feed can make us feel down. All those highlight reels make us compare our lows with everybody’s ups. We are confronted with things and people that are currently lacking in our lives. I’ve often said that experiencing such feelings is inevitable when scrolling is a habit. Such feelings are reinforced when you are not taking any form of action to accomplish a specific objective in your life. If you compare your entire life to their ups and you feel you are e.g. lacking those shoes, those happy feelings or a family, the question becomes: are you doing anything about it? The more action you take to get out there and make your dreams and visions reality, the more you can use such posts as fuel for your focus and growth. What happens is, that you convert any negative feelings you may have such as jealousy and envy, into inspiration. Jealousy makes you feel like a victim. “Poor me, he or she is leading a fabulous life and I don’t. Why bother anyway.” That’s how haters become haters….instead of dealing with such feelings, they decide to use all their energy to bring others down. Not that you are a hater, but feeling envious of a person is not serving you at all. This means you don’t wish the other person well. Like life is a zero-sum game. They should lose and you should win. That’s the wrong approach though, and feeling inspired makes you understand that. When you are inspired, you feel joyful for that “happy” person. You wish that person well and at the same time, you realize you too can do anything you set your mind to. Inspiration creates empowering emotions: emotions of motivation, optimism, and willpower. So when you see other people enjoying themselves (knowing of course that such posts don’t say anything about their real lives), and you’re reminded of a type of life you like to live, become inspired fast. Meaning, end the scrolling and take some form of (small) action that makes your future self smile. Do that, before any form of sadness or jealousy tries to occupy your mind.