GirlTip #56: Are You Idealizing Someone Else's Life?

If you’ve decided someone else has a perfect life, take your emotional temperature. Idealizing someone else may feel like giving a compliment, but it can be a sneaky form of self-criticism. Are you feeling insecure or sad? That other person is likely just a distraction for what’s really going on inside. Real admiration shouldn’t come at your own expense.