The Curse of Comparison
You know that feeling.
The day isn’t going as planned, you’re feeling low, so you decide to zone out and scroll through social media.
Bam. The first post hits you like a gut punch.
That girl you went to school with? She’s on her fourth holiday of the year—and it’s only March. The guy from your yoga class just posted a video of himself nailing yet another impossible pose (the one you’ve been struggling with for years). And that influencer you’re obsessed with? They’ve just launched another business, while you’re still trying to figure out what your multi-million-pound side hustle is supposed to be.
Welcome to the Curse of Comparison.
I fell deep into this rabbit hole over the past few weeks. Every day, I’d scroll, measuring myself against what I saw—my body, my personality, my looks, my yoga journey, my witchcraft practice, my business, my home. Everything.
I’d step onto my mat and feel ashamed that I still couldn’t nail certain peak poses, despite being a full-time yoga teacher. I’d scold myself for not dedicating more time to my personal practice, vowing to wake up an hour earlier to do it.
I’d sit down to write my morning manifestations and wonder— Am I even doing enough as a Witch? Should I be practicing more elaborate spell-work like that Witch on TikTok? Am I a fraud?
F*cking comparison.
Comparison is a k*ller—of joy, of creative freedom, of self-worth.
When we compare ourselves to others, we slowly dim the glow of our own magic. We get so caught up in admiring what’s flourishing in someone else’s garden that we forget to tend to our own. And before we know it, our flowers begin to wilt.
But here’s the thing—we don’t have to live under this spell.
It’s time to exorcise the Curse of Comparison and reclaim our magic.
The truth is, no one else in this world walks our path, practices our craft, or shines with our unique light.
We are already enough—not when we hit that next milestone, not when we perfect that pose, not when we become some idealised version of ourselves.
Right now. As we are.
Our journey is ours alone, and that’s what makes it so damn special. So let’s stop measuring our worth against someone else’s highlight reel and start celebrating our own power, our own progress, our own magic.
Because, honestly? We are already f*cking epic.