1 . First thing in the morning, I check the social networking website Facebook, only to see how I’ve already fallen behind. A workmate has written a new book. Two of my     1     (hero) have completed a big project. One of my old college friends posted a video for an online program she     2     (take)at the moment. She looks successful, shiny and     3     (charm) while I’m still in bed, bleary-eyed.

Am I really falling behind? Did these people post any of these things     4     (make) me feel bad? Of course not. But if I'm not careful, it's    5     (terribl) easy to see social media as     6     reminder of all the things i'm not doing and dreams I'm not fulfilling.

But     7     isn't a social media problem. It's a comparison problem. it's all about how I think about it.

And I know it's not just me. Our culture is full of comparisons, and it's hard not to look around     8     what other people are doing with their short time, and ask, "What about me?"

But all these years I've learned one thing: don't compare your insides with someone else's outsides. You have no idea     9     it took for other people to get where they are. Don't act as if it was effortless or pure luck. it's much     10     (easy) to look at someone "up there" and be jealous of what they have than to be happy for them and make yours better.