One person’s mad that billionaires exist.
Another person’s mad they can’t travel like someone else.
Someone else is upset about someone else’s marriage, job, or lifestyle.

But here’s a hard question most people never ask themselves:
What would actually make me happy?

Not what Instagram says.
Not what your favorite podcast says.
Not what your parents hoped for.
Not what you’ve been told success should look like.
You.

What would genuinely bring you joy?
What would make your life feel meaningful?

Because if you’ve truly sat down and figured that out — really done the work to discover it — you stop caring about what everyone else is doing. If you’ve determined that money isn’t your measure of happiness, then why waste time being mad that someone else has more of it?

The problem isn’t the billionaires.
The problem isn’t the influencers.
The problem isn’t “those people” living lives you think you want.

The problem is that we haven’t defined our own.
And when we don’t know what we’re after, we spend our energy reacting to everything and everyone else.

But when you know where you’re going — even if you haven’t arrived — you stop fixating on distractions. You stop complaining about the noise. You stop blaming the world.
And that doesn’t mean you have it all figured out.
I don’t.

Most days, I wake up and have to remind myself what I’m chasing. Especially on the days when the vision isn’t clear — when I’m in the low places, in the dark valley, and can’t see the destination.

But that’s where faith comes in.
Faith in what you’ve seen before.
Faith in what lit you up once.
Faith in the direction you chose.

Because even if you’re not there yet, when you’re walking the right path, the walk itself becomes fulfilling.
And that’s the real win.
Knowing what you want, and going after it.

Imagine if more people lived like that.
Imagine if we all got honest, tuned out the noise, and just started building lives that fulfilled us.

There’d be less drama.
Less bitterness.
Less performative outrage.
And far more peace — not because the world changed, but because the people inside it finally did.

So stop worrying about what someone else has.
Sit down.
Get quiet.
And figure out what would actually make you happy.

Then go live like it matters.