Something Like Marriage

Are you comparing your relationship on Facebook to other couples on vacation or celebrating a romantic night out? Yah, I can relate. I might snuggle into bed after finishing my evening chores and spot a Facebook notification on my phone. Which then leads into my endless and mindless scrolling. It can also lead to something I am really good at, comparing. It really depends on how mindful and peaceful I am at that moment on the effect the scrolling can have on me. Perhaps, I had a difficult day and now I am comparing my personal challenges to someone's lifetime achievement. I could leave that experience with a poor me attitude and negative self-talk. The same is true if I was feeling disconnected in my relationship and compared that to a couple's smiling faces in Hawaii while they were having the time of their life! Look at all of the fun they were having and here I am again at home with a sore back and Netflix. Staying in reality, we can acknowledge that most of us post photos of our relationship during the