How to Stop Feeling Jealous of Your Friends’ Success

It feels awful, but envy within peer and friend groups is not unusual

Madison Malone Kircher
Forge
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3 min readAug 14, 2019

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A group of friends celebrating  with a toast and raised glasses.
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TTwo of my best friends got new jobs this month. Great jobs. Impressive jobs. Jobs with solid salaries and opportunities for career growth. I love these people. I want them to succeed, and I know they want the same for me. I am really, truly thrilled for them.

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Madison Malone Kircher
Forge
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Madison Malone Kircher is a staff writer at New York Magazine. She lives in Brooklyn. Twitter: @4evrmalone