Scrolling through social media wondering why everyone’s living their best life, except you? Constantly beating yourself up for not being like someone else or not having a fabulous vacation experience that some “influencer” (I hate that word!) you follow has been documenting for about a month? Hating your life because everyone seems to have more fun than you?

If you answered Yes to any of these 3 questions, you’re not the only one. We’re all experiencing this awful feeling of not being enough after spending too much time scrolling through social media profiles filled with photos of perfect or perfectly photoshopped bodies and insanely positive beach summer vibes. Isn’t that strange how toxic this positive culture really is?

Social media like any other thing has both good and bad sides. It all depends on how you use it. The choice is yours and yours alone.
If you use social media platforms mindfully, it becomes a great tool for connecting with like-minded people, building your tribe, creating new life opportunities, spreading awareness on an important issue, gaining creative inspiration, gaining a new perspective on something you thought you had already figured out, learning new skills or just relaxing and having fun. In other words, social media is a great tool for self-improvement and personal development BUT only if you use it wisely.

In contrast, if you continue to mindlessly scroll through social media profiles comparing yourself to others and wondering why everyone’s living their best life, except you, you’re hurting your health and self-sabotaging your own happiness.

The act of mindless scrolling through social media profiles of top influencers (I really hate how this world is used these days…) it’s self-destructive. Why? Because it’s really hard not to fall into a comparison trap which is probably the worst one. It sucks you in like a black hole creating this awful never-ending feeling of not being good enough.

Comparing yourself to others is in general extremely unhealthy, damaging, and devoid of any sense for many different reasons. But probably the most obvious one is that if you compare yourself to others, especially to those who appear to have their life together and perfect makes you feel REALLY bad about yourself. Because your life most probably is NOT perfect just like the life of any other person but for some strange reason, we forget about that scrolling through social media accounts of pretty, happy, wealthy people.

If you keep comparing yourself to these fake personas created for social media glam you most probably feel like cr*p about yourself. Because how you supposed to feel if you’ve just seen thousands of photos of ridiculously good-looking people (by today’s standards), beautiful beaches with perfectly silky sand, yachts, expensive cars, and all of that Instagram-worthy staff.

It’s dangerously easy to forget that life is not about Instagram glam, wealthy lifestyle, new designer item… #life is not a hashtag. Life is not a vibe. Mindless consumption leads to severe depression. Why? Because mindless consumption is an addiction and like any other addiction it’s nothing else than creating an inner mental prison… and it’s really not a fun place to live in.

The truth is, there is much more to life than money (and having a perfect beach-ready body). The most valuable things in life cannot be bought (or gained with a perfect beach-ready body) and we all know that. You cannot buy happiness, love, health, AUTHENTIC human connection, consciousness, or truth… people tend to forget about it.