What you see is people enjoying themselves, taking vacations, buying shiny objects and new toys. You see them having babies, building homes and winning free tickets to baseball games from work.
You’re working your ass off and seeing people living their lives to the fullest.
They see you doing the same, though, when you stop in for a coffee or when you show up with buddies on a holiday weekend and they serve you a few beers, apps, a main meal and dessert. They see you enjoying the hell out of your life planning your next trip and getting to the front of a crowd at a concert. They’re working and they see you …not.
Both parties often forget about the work each put in to take vacation from work or the time spent swinging a hammer to build that bench swing. Yet, we don’t argue that work wasn’t done. We know it was.
Perhaps instead of jealousy, we might be able to appreciate the effort we know others put in to reward themselves. If anything, because we know that we would feel a lot happier when someone says “I’m proud of the work you’ve done. You deserve this!” than when they say “You lucky duck.”
Stay Positive & Golden Rule, I Suppose
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