The futility of comparing yourself to others [Article]

Leo Babauta illustrates why we aren't content with our lives, & why it is a wasted exercise trying to compare yourself to others:

It’s not a comparison that makes sense. You can’t compare apples to apples when you compare yourself to anyone else. Which means it’s a dumb comparison — why would you compare how tangy an orange is compared to a beach? They’re not similar things.