In a world filled with billions of people, we tend to make things personal. With access to nearly the entire world on the internet, we see thousands of other people, and naturally, we compare ourselves to others.

We measure them up, we measure ourselves up, and then we tend to draw a conclusion on all the things that make us “lesser than” the other person. We may also latch onto aspects that we do and form it into our identity, which can create a sense of belonging or become helpful in finding friends.

However, by personalizing things and forming our identity around a small character trait, we may be preventing ourselves from living the life we desire.