Love Your Life
Stop getting the Jealousies: create a life you’d be jealous of.
Amy posted that piece of advice to herself on her blog a couple weeks ago and I’ve been thinking about it ever since.
I used to feel very jealous of other people who had lives I didn’t. Recently, I’ve started to reflect on the life that I do have. A life I have worked very hard to create for myself. And I’m realizing how fantastic it is.
The old me would have been jealous of the life I have now.
If you want something in life the only person who can get it is you. Make things happen. Make your life yours. Other people won’t make you happy, you can only make yourself happy. Fall in love with your life. It’s so much more fun that way.
Just something I’ve been thinking about 
Happy Friday! XO
I like this post and I don’t like it at the same time. I like it because I know it’s true, because I know that the only way to love your life is to really MAKE it your own. But I don’t like it because that requires effort and hard work – a lot of hard work, especially when you’re so far away. And, frankly, that’s depressing.
Thanks Amber for the food for thought – I’m gonna be mulling over this all day now!
start with baby steps- create 1 great part of life that someone else would be jealous of… and then go from there
That’s really good advice, onlyproblem is which one part of my life should I focus on? lol.
love this post. I’d definitely be jealous of my life if I was someone else- but I did work hard to create this life. Great thing to think about on a Friday
This is a great reminder!
What a great post for a Friday! Definitely food for thought!
This post came at a perfect time. Right now I am at a crossroads and I look at other people’s lives and wish I had it as easy as they do, when in reality I know how hard they worked to get there.
Yes, yes, yes!
I would just add that it’s important to be kind to yourself while going after your goals (so instead of kicking yourself for not doing it earlier or better, kindly give yourself what you want now instead).
Great advice. Good thing you figured this out at a young age, many people waste a lot of potentially great years being jealous of others. You are on the right track to be HAPPY for most of yours.
Happy Friday, girl! This is a great post.
VERY true – love this. I refuse to go through this life and say that I ‘regret’ something. I made my own choices and right or wrong, they are mine. I can choose my attitude, I can shape my life and I can choose to actually live.
Happy weekend (and life)
Such great advice. Its so easy to look for what we don’t have instead of taking stock of what we do.
This is great advice, Amber. I think sometimes I take my life for granted and forget how hard I have worked for things. Even though this year has been tough, I am proud of myself for coming through it stronger. I know other people are jealous that I got to meet you AND SPEND ALMOST A WHOLE WEEK together.
But you are so right – we have to create the lives we want. It’s easy to start to feel ‘stuck’ – whether in a bad job or bad relationship or something liek that, but you can always choose to improve your situation.
This is great! I love those moments where I’m so happy and think how wonderful my life is.
I love this idea, just everything about it! And I’m so glad that you’re embracing it too- you have so much excitement right now, it must be fun to be swept away with it
love your post; reading it made me very happy, I was thinking about the same thing few days ago and the fact that jealousy thing sucks energy out of the jealous person; the energy that we all try to increase and improve , I ‘m glad that you are in a happy stage of your life,wish you all the best Amber:x:x
That is GREAT advice!!!! I will have to post that too! That is awesome. So happy that you were able to look back and find that your life it just as great.
Amber, I love this. It’s so true. I live so much of the time thinking oh I wish I did that or could be that or do that rather than just doing it myself. Take life by the horns! Love that picture too.
I love this!!
so deep! any word on the house? we should chat!
I LOVE THIS!!
Why do we spend time being jealous about other peoples lives when we can go ahead and have amazing ones of our own? It’s silly and such a waste of time. Starting right now I’m going to make my life jealous-worthy. Wait, what am I saying?! It already is.
SUCH good advice!!
Awww, I’m so glad that advice was a little helpful. I’m trying my best to follow it, too. I am glad you’re working on it and finding joy, lady!
I am so bad at looking at others lives and wanting what they have. I really want to work on creating a life I am jealous of and stop looking at others and what they have. I’m such a work in progress, ha!
Good advice and something I think we all need to remind ourselves of more often. Thanks for the reminder
I LOVE THIS POST!!! I am sharing it with everyone I know
I also love the post you linked to!!! Such good thoughts!!!!!
This is lovely advice.
I liked, “the old me would have been jealous of the life I have now” – I agree with that statement 100%.
I’ve just come across your blog and I love it. I will be following from now on
What a brilliant piece of advice! x