{"id":793,"date":"2021-06-29T10:25:38","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T10:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forwardforty.com\/simplify\/?p=793"},"modified":"2022-03-25T05:17:41","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T09:17:41","slug":"the-comparison-trap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forwardforty.com\/simplify\/the-comparison-trap\/","title":{"rendered":"The Comparison Trap"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"793\" class=\"elementor elementor-793\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f613fd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"41602\" data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" data-id=\"4f613fd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b37d19\" data-eae-slider=\"27021\" data-id=\"1b37d19\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-070aab2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"070aab2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Caption<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-9bfebc0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"47877\" data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" data-id=\"9bfebc0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-dd38e36\" data-eae-slider=\"9787\" data-id=\"dd38e36\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d71961 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4d71961\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. 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Having the business you want but feeling burdened.\nTaking big scary risks while everyone is settling down.\nBeing settled and looking out the window yearning for something more\nWe can all feel as if we are not enough and be hampered by________ (thoughts of where we should be by now\/ the \u201ccompetition\u201d \/ how much further someone else has reached \/ the feeling that we are way behind).\u00a0\nBut here\u2019s the real deal. While we can sometimes struggle to control our feelings, it should not stop us from still finding joy in our present. \nYou can hold space to get the negative thoughts out of your head and you can hold space to acknowledge that your journey to self is ongoing.\u00a0\u00a0\nI understand the yearning for more and the hunger for the next but don\u2019t let that stop you from the happiness that\u2019s happening now.\u00a0\nAgree?\">It\u2019s a ______ (weird feeling \/so surreal\/shaky thing) to feel like you\u2019re not where you\u2019re supposed to be and that some people are so much further ahead.\u00a0\u00a0\nNot married.\nDivorced.\nMarried but not fulfilled.\nRenting. \nFeeling burdened by the mortgage\u00a0\nChildren. \nLooking back with regret at having no children\nUnbothered.\nLiving alone but wishing for some company.\nNot having the business you want. Having the business you want but feeling burdened.\nTaking big scary risks while everyone is settling down.\nBeing settled and looking out the window yearning for something more\nWe can all feel as if we are not enough and be hampered by________ (thoughts of where we should be by now\/ the \u201ccompetition\u201d \/ how much further someone else has reached \/ the feeling that we are way behind).\u00a0\nBut here\u2019s the real deal. While we can sometimes struggle to control our feelings, it should not stop us from still finding joy in our present. \nYou can hold space to get the negative thoughts out of your head and you can hold space to acknowledge that your journey to self is ongoing.\u00a0\u00a0\nI understand the yearning for more and the hunger for the next but don\u2019t let that stop you from the happiness that\u2019s happening now.\u00a0\nAgree?<\/textarea>    \n                        <div class=\"elementor-field-type-submit\">       \n            <button class=\"elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" data-clipboard-target=\"#e-clipboard-value-af538e2-793\" type=\"button\" id=\"e-clipboard-btn-af538e2-793\" data-animation=\"tada\">\n                <span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper e-flexbox\">\n                                            <span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Copy<\/span>\n                <\/span>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5ed7c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e5ed7c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"504\" height=\"25\" data-src=\"https:\/\/forwardforty.com\/simplify\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/footerline-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-673 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/forwardforty.com\/simplify\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/footerline-2.jpg 504w, https:\/\/forwardforty.com\/simplify\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/footerline-2-300x15.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 504px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 504\/25;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c07a1bd elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"72179\" data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" data-id=\"c07a1bd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-88b2ac6\" data-eae-slider=\"62488\" data-id=\"88b2ac6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c03896 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5c03896\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">IMAGE IDEAS:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cd0738 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1cd0738\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. 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