Thou Shalt Not......-Vanessa Phillips

Ever check out your neighbor’s new car? New home improvement project? Maybe they got a divorce and “upgraded.” Ever hear the guys at work talk about their new entertainment room at home? Or hear the ladies at work talk about their jewelry, bags, plastic surgery, etc? Did it make you feel like you needed those things? Did it make you feel less than them? Did it make you go home and tell your friends or significant other that you want these things? Let me stop you right there…

The TRUE happiness in life is having whatever you want because you want it. The TRUE “flex” is having what you want and not feeling the need to tell anyone else about it unless they ask. People ask us “why do you always go to the Keys on vacation?” Our answer: because we want to. People ask “why are you renting? Why are you throwing money away? Don’t you know it’s best to buy a home?” Our answer: we don’t want to buy a home. People ask “why don’t you get a little Botox?” My answer: I don’t want to. People ask Rob “you love the water why don’t you buy a boat” Rob’s answer: I don’t want to.

Are you catching the drift here? Coveting, jealousy and doing things because of others, is not happiness. Doing exactly what you want, having exactly what you want for the reasons of simply being YOU and being HAPPY, is the key. If you aren’t competing, you already won.