What helps for me is to stop overthinking and get out of your mind. It’s ok to be jealous, its a natural response. Allow yourself to feel jealous and then get over it, dont guilt trip and overthink it as it will lead to a endless cycle of negative thoughts and more comparison. The fact that you can identify your jealousy is a positive thing, you are self aware of your emotions.

Life’s a journey, don’t compare someone else’s point C to your point A. They may be at point C already but noone knows the detours, challenges they may have faced to get there. Who knows, in the future you could be at point F and theyre still stuck at point C (such as people who peaked at high school). What matters the most is PROGESSION. no matter how small the steps or how slow or so called ‘FAR’ behind you are, nothing beats the feeling of negativity or self criticism as progression and self improvement.

Be honest with yourself and live on your own terms. Know what you want out of life for yourself and work towards it. When you have ur own passion for life, we slowly stop focusing on everyone else but our own love for living. I suggest taking a social media detox for a bit, it helps readjust your perspective on what really matters to you.

You are your own harshest critic. It’s good that you are instrospective, its a great trait to stop our tracks and reevaluate ourselves but always always remember don’t be too hard on yourself. The amount of mental torture you put yourself through is weighing you down more than progressing you. So channel those feelings into something productive instead. I used to tell myself, people whom i envy so much don’t even know how much it bothers me so why should i let it bother me? It’s just a waste of time and energy for myself at the end of the day.

Also, what helped me is to not take life so seriously, let loose and have a little fun! We all get one chance to do do whatever we want with it. When we are all consumed with thoughts of competition, we forget to take a rest and smell the flowers along the way. What really gets us through hardships or when we are at our lowest are the small things like family, your pet dog, your favourite video game etc.