If I ever feel a spark of jealousy, I ask myself what exactly they have that is creating the yearning. Then I clock it as a sign that 1. I have a dream for that thing, and find it to be valuable 2. Celebrate with the person in my mind that they found it, proving it exists 3. Decide that seeing something someone else has is permission that I can have it to, a portal, even if it comes to me only for a moment, or in many years 4. Move on. Always separate the feeling and object of affection from the person. Countless types of people have the same thing, so it doesn't make sense to do that. But way more often than not, Jealousy is simply a signal that I am not doing my own work. I am not in my own lane. I am not grounded in my own world and gifts, and need to stop looking around and get back to work.
@PaulSkallas It's the apex of his entire story. He grew up in the worst possible conditions, abandoned by his own dad, and now he's a billionaire playing pro basketball literally by his son's side. You can't write it any better than this.
To me the only solution to the brainrot / slop / attention span problem is that serious people who are distressed by this need to just end it with audiovisual media. Films are one thing but you really don’t need Netflix, podcasts, TikTok, YouTube, or reels at all.