Last summer I applied for this job in Paris, France, with like my dream organization. And I didn’t get it (obviously, I think this would be a very different space if I had), but the person on the phone told me that it was between myself and one other candidate but then went with the other candidate.

Earlier this summer, while looking into a conference they hold, I noticed the name of the person who got the job, and I know them. Quite well, well enough that we both follow each other’s private and small Instagrams. Which has meant that I have gotten to watch her have this job, that last week I turned into a raging green monster of jealousy because I got to witness her speaking on behalf of the organization at the United Nations. I could have died I was so jealous.

Jealousy can be a huge motivator, if we dig into it, we can identify what exactly it is that is making us jealous and then use it to fill in those gaps.

It’s also kind of nice, I have been jealous of how much money people make, where they got to live, but never their actual job. I had been starting to think that I didn’t have a dream job, but it would seem I do, or at least components of a dream job.

Yours in fresh motivation,

Laura