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Comparison Articles | Read these when comparison starts creeping into your mindset

Sep 4
2 min read

Updated: 7 days ago

Comparison can affect the way you see your progress, your friendships, your achievements and even yourself. It can show up as envy, resentment, feeling behind, overthinking or simply losing sight of what is already going well in your own life.


Comparison Articles


This directory brings together our comparison articles in one place, from recognising the signs and understanding the impact to interrupting the 4 a.m. spiral and finding your way back to your own progress. Start with the article that sounds most like what is happening in your head right now.



#1


The workbook launch


This post focuses on the launch of Volume 1 of the Pattern Recognition Workbook Collection, our comparison workbook for recognising when comparison starts affecting the way you see your own progress.


Grid Society Volume 1 Comparison workbook, I Feel Like I’m Behind Compared to My Friends, displayed on a table.

#2


Comparison quotes


Six comparison quotes to read when envy and resentment start creeping in, with a different way to interpret each thought and recognise the comparison pattern before it takes over.


Grid Society comparison article graphic for 6 comparison quotes for when you are starting to feel envious and resentful, featuring Volume 1 workbook imagery and Grey Grid visuals.

#3


3 signs you are comparing yourself to your friends too much


This article helps you recognise when comparison with your friends has gone beyond a passing thought and is starting to affect the way you see your own progress.


Grid Society comparison article graphic titled 3 signs you are comparing yourself to your friends too much, featuring an exit sign, Grey Grid imagery and the Volume 1 Comparison workbook.



#4


Comparison inner work


This article looks at 13 ways the Comparison workbook helps you look deeper, recognise what is feeding the comparison pattern and work through it using the workbook.


Grid Society comparison article graphic titled Comparison Inner Work: 13 ways our workbook helps you look deeper, showing the Volume 1 Comparison workbook on a laptop with printed workbook pages and pencils.



#5


The comparison audit


This article looks at 7 signs you may have lost sight of your own progress and helps you recognise when comparison is starting to distort the way you measure yourself.


Comparison article graphic titled The Comparison Audit: 7 signs you have lost sight of your own progress, featuring a green exit sign and a reflective lifestyle image.


#6


Comparing yourself to everyone again?


This article gives you 6 reasons to do the Comparison workbook instead, helping you interrupt the comparison pattern and bring your attention back to your own life.


Comparison article graphic titled Comparing yourself to everyone again?, featuring an orange-hooded woman, reflective workbook imagery and the headline 6 reasons to do this workbook instead.

#7


6 reasons why this is the perfect 4 a.m. spiral exit


This article explains why comparison gets louder in the middle of the night and gives you six ways to interrupt the 4 a.m. spiral before it takes over.


Comparison article graphic titled 6 reasons why this is the perfect 4 a.m. spiral exit, featuring a green exit sign and a woman sitting in low orange light.


#8


15 ways comparing yourself to your friends can affect you


This article looks at 15 ways comparison can start affecting your mindset, confidence and the way you see your own life when you keep measuring yourself against your friends.


Comparison article graphic titled 15 Ways Comparing Yourself to Your Friends Can Affect You, featuring a woman standing alone against a dark background with the words Stay Off the Grey Grid.


#9


Years of comparative thinking can affect your self-perception


This article looks at how years of comparing yourself to other people can start changing the way you see yourself, your progress and what you think you should have achieved by now.


Comparison article graphic titled Years of comparative thinking can affect your self-perception, featuring a woman standing outdoors with Stay Off the Grey Grid across the image.

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