What role does envy play in your life

How often do you compare yourself with others and lament that they are better off than you?

Tell us about a time when you envied someone else.

• What triggered your feelings?

• What did you learn, if anything, from the experience?

What aspects of the article resonate with you?

• Do you ever feel “hijacked” by envious thoughts, making you depressed, angry or overwhelmed?

• Do you ever feel “guilt and shame” and try to hide your resentments?

• Or do you try to acknowledge your feelings and find motivation in them?

Research has found that young adults are more envious than older adults.

• Are you surprised to learn this?

• Have your experiences with envy changed over the course of your life?

• Do you expect envy to be part of your adulthood?

  • If so, to what degree?