Learning to stop comparing yourself with others.

Aoife Loy
Aoife Loy
Nov 7 · 7 min read
one red cartoon person with a smiley face is sitting in a crowd of blue faceless people
one red cartoon person with a smiley face is sitting in a crowd of blue faceless people
Image: Katie L. White, Pixabay.

What does it mean to live like no one is watching?

As human beings, we are each born into a society with ideologies and interpretations of life that inform our notion of identity — from other people, we learn how to behave acceptably, our ideas are challenged and progressed, and we hone our skills so that we can individually contribute.

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Aoife Loy

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Aoife Loy

Writer and digital marketer from Dublin, Ireland.

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