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if your only drive for doing something is comparison or "being the best" it doesn't matter how far you go, you'll grow to resent it. do what you do because of the passion and love you have for it- otherwise the goalpost will always be moving. if your only concern is that you're not the "only one" doing something or that other people get more attention for it, you should reevaluate why you're doing it in the first place. i did that with my classical piano training and i grew to hate it for a period of time.