This rule is not something new. It might be the best advice you have ever gotten, but you would agree with me how hard it is to follow it.

Rules are not to be simple. If they were, nobody would consider it important enough to state it down and tell someone else. But somehow we have complicated the simple habit of focus.

Instead, we spend our resources on analyzing the life of someone else. I know you mind your business, but whose standards do you measure yourself up against?

It’s easy to point out someone’s errors. It saves us from the bitter truth of looking inward.

Jordan explains (you should really read the entire book) how easy it is to fall into the spiral of living in the shadow of a life that isn’t yours.

Monitoring and comparing your entirety to a single factor of someone else’s life. You can never know someone completely and with social media, it is convenient to make other people see what you choose.

There is no hack, process or tips to stop doing this, in case you fall in love with the idea rather than the action itself.

The key is just to stop. Put a hold on it, the comparison, the constant worry about not meeting up to a standard.

Truth is, there are no set universal standards. You created the ones binding you right now by slaving yourself to elements of people’s lives.

If I asked you to walk from point A to B with a full glass of water, with a rule that you should spill no content. 

The only thing you’ll focus on is that glass and getting to your destination with no spill. I bet you wouldn’t even notice if the universe was reeling in.

What might catch your attention is if there is an interference with the glass of water or path, externally.

We are all writing our own stories, and if you keep watching the way someone else carries their water glass, or laughing at how funny their walk is. You might never get to point B.

It’s easy to shy away from your own responsibilities when you can entertain yourself with how badly someone else is doing with theirs. It is also cowardly to not take on your own responsibilities.

Pay attention. Focus on your surroundings, physical and psychological. Notice something that bothers you, that concerns you, that will not let you be, which you could fix, that you would fix. You can find such some things by asking yourself (as if you genuinely want to know) three questions: “What is it that is bothering me?” “Is that something I could fix?” and “Would I actually be willing to fix it?” If you find the answer is “no,” to any or all of the questions, then look elsewhere. Aim lower. Search until you find something that bothers you, that you could fix, that you would fix, and then fix it. That might be enough for the day. – Jordan Peterson

Song pick for the week- COME ALIVE – Daniel Everidge, Zendaya, The Greatest Showman Ensemble, Hugh Jackman, Keala Settle

Have a week full of smiles guys😁😁