such a great post @gringalicious , i really loved it , especially your sentence "comparison really is the thief of joy" !! it's true
I agree with you and all the time in my life i try to don't think about others and ... I just compare myself with myself , and try to reach my goals ,, my calm is my calm , we have the same sentence in farsi (persian) :
"Don't compare other's outside of life with your inside of life "