A common way to build oneself up (or more often, tear oneself down) is to compare ourselves with others. If you look, you're always sure to find someone better or worse off than you.
This is what the tabloids, gossip magazines and far too much of television is about. Since these media outlets exist solely to attract eyeballs so they can be sold to advertisers, many choose the lurid and the base, tapping into emotions of greed, envy and judgment.
Choose this week to break your addiction to commercial media. Shun radio, television and newspapers for a month or even longer. The bad news (to get eyeballs) and the celebrities (to get eyeballs) add little or no value to our lives and merely remind us of our shortcomings or things outside our control.
Declare your independence and attend to your own life, rather than wasting time sizing up someone else's.
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