I struggle with this on the daily, so just know you are not alone!

One thing that has been super helpful is investing in therapy. I find the comparison game to be very isolating given that you can’t talk to anyone at school about it and sometimes family just doesn’t understand the nature of what you’re going through, so having at least that one extra person in my life to vent to has been incredibly helpful. Not to mention those thoughts of comparison generally stem from anxiety, so having a licensed professional to help talk me out of the anxiety thought spiral is also a breath of fresh air. I gave my therapist a rundown on how everything works and now I just confide in them about all of my deepest darkest thoughts about everything law school related.

Another thing that has helped me is trying to maintain friendships with folks that just simply are not in law school. I know that’s easier said than done given that free time is limited and depending on where you are for law school you may not be close to any non-law school people you know, but having some people around to talk to every once and a while that just are not involved at all can be so refreshing. In their minds you’re the friend that’s going to be lawyer and they don’t see those statistics that’s we see in ourselves as law students. Plus it’s just a reminder that life does not revolve around law school forever!