I think everyone has, at least once, participated in a competition, tried something new, and felt the typical competition adrenaline. Those who have participated in competitions more times have experienced both the good and the bad sides of it. Like everything, competitions also have two sides: the good side, when you feel like you are the best on this earth, you can achieve anything, you could go to Harvard because you are the best. It feels like a dream, and you want to make it happen again, to feel that happiness and satisfaction again. It’s like a drug; you want it again, and again, and again. But this isn’t that simple. There is also the bad side of it: when you lose. It feels like all your late-night study sessions went to waste, all the hours you spent training, learning, and exercising were in vain. Of course, they aren’t, because the knowledge you’ve gained will stay with you for life, but at that moment, it’s important to be very conscious and realize this. In life, we have t...
Yesterday, I saw a TikTok video about two girls talking about how we should stop comparing ourselves because we are not the same, and I found it so true. I think 90% of people have, at some point in their lives, compared themselves to another person. Maybe to one of their friends, maybe to a random person on TikTok, or maybe just to a stranger you’ve seen on the street. I think comparing yourself to others is something that happens throughout our lives. But in our teenage years, this feeling is stronger because we want to feel enough and fit into society. So we start comparing ourselves to others, for example: "Why does she have a better shape than me?" or "She is so beautiful, why can't I be like her?" Then we feel bad about ourselves, we get sad, and we feel jealous. Why? Because we are not satisfied with ourselves. But as always, we have solutions: Accept yourself: You can't be like her because you are not her. You are beautiful...