Day 380 || relative comparison baseline I

Make Your Damn Bed · Feb 28, 2022 · 8m

A big part of our personal baseline of happiness is based on our relative comparison to the world around us. Basically - we are only as happy as is appropriate to the level of happiness we believe the people around us are. In the most laymen terms - we are constantly comparing to what we know but we typically don’t know the whole story. Even when we’re aware of this shortcoming, we still seem to measure our own happiness and success by comparing ourselves to others.

Studies show that bronze medal winners are happier than silver because they are comparing to the baseline of almost not ranking…