You keep comparing your progress to everyone else because comparison creates a distorted view of growth. Real progress becomes easier to recognize when you focus on your own consistent improvement instead of someone else’s timeline. Comparison has a way of making progress feel smaller than it really is. You can be improving, staying more consistent, and making meaningful changes, yet the moment you look at someone else’s results, your own progress suddenly feels inadequate. This is where discouragement begins. The problem with comparison is that it removes context. You see someone else’s visible results, but you do not see the years of repetition, mistakes, setbacks, and effort that came before…