By Emma Varvaloucas — 2015
Jealousy and envy occupy a unique space on the spectrum of emotion in that they are simultaneously ubiquitous and invisible.
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Vacation photos, engagement announcements, wedding shoots—it can be enough to make you seriously envious.
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Jealousy and envy are normal, but you don’t have to get stuck in these feelings. You can use these feelings to help you get where you want.
Unhealthy comparing can be self-limiting—perhaps especially for creative people, who often have the personality trait of high sensitivity, which typically includes stronger emotional reactions.
Creativity coach Jennifer Mills Kerr provides her top tips on the creative life.
Envy can be turned into joy for the very person you envy.
Envy turns life into an endless competition that nobody wins.
Conventional wisdom says happy people have no use for envy. But jealousy can also be a tool if used wisely.
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Envy can be used for good.
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We’re usually envious of things to do with status or possessions, though, as we’ll discover, what we envy changes significantly with our age, gender, and social status.
We live in an age when envy comes easy. Most of us walk around all day with a device in our hand that can show us the best of people’s lives with just a swipe and a click—we even sleep next to it at night.