The New Social Status and the Cost of Envy 060

When you finally realise no one cares whether you’re ‘living the good life’ or not; when you understand that life is a very fleeting gift, you approach it differently. You begin to live on your terms. I once envied people who were well-known, wealthy and revered. Today, I envy no one. I thought my job title determined my social status in society. Today, I know it’s self-defined. And society’s perception is irrelevant. Ultimately, I valued the wrong things, and I measured my success the wrong way.