what do you if you feel less advanced than your peers?

I think I know about 3/4 people who are exactly the same. Moved to London for perfect jobs and are now absolutely miserable.

All of them on Facebook however look like they're living the perfect life.

I've learned that you should never compare yourself to other people, because you will always be disheartened. You have to remember that for everyone who seems to be doing better than you, there are many more who you're doing better than (not that it's necessarily a competition or anything though).

Also, I have a friend who moved to London for the job of her dreams, and we met up over Christmas and she was telling me about how miserable she was - but you would never, ever tell that from the things she posts on Facebook. She knows a couple more people who live down there who we know from school, and two of them are also very miserable, and are only staying in the job because they feel as though they should.

So never assume that people who's lives you think are perfect are actually happy with it themselves, because this is very, very often not the case at all.

Not that I enjoy hearing that some of your friends are miserable, but thank you for posting this, I really needed this sense of perspective today! I hope they all manage to find situations that they're much happier with soon.

I know what you mean though.. when I found out they were miserable, my feeling was one of relief! I mean, I might not be living a perfect life (who does, of course) but at least I'm not miserable and I'm near my family!

Yeah, that's the problem with Facebook. People post perfect lives but I always think to myself if your life was that perfect you wouldn't have the need or the time to be on Facebook.

I admit I do it myself though. Like I will put a photo up when I've had a good day out, or if I win a good contract, even though most days aren't anything extraordinary.