Do you ever get jealous of the professional successes of others?

Well, none of my friends are professionals, but I do get extremely jealous of the best and most successful performers that I know just because of their talent and dedication and the amount of time and money that they can afford to spend on performing. Theatre's important to me, but I know I'll never be professional-quality.

However, I don't feel like it damages my self-worth. The best performers I know devote so much time to theatre that they can't do anything else. Even more important to theatre for me is writing, especially writing theatre reviews for Cappies, and that's something I can do that the actors and singers I know can't.

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I've learned to be proud of my friends, and to channel all of that into inspiration. Jealous and negative energy is what gets you nowhere and what makes you hard to cast. Why waste my time being jealous of someone I know, when I can look at their performance like a learning experience and congratulate them on a job well done, and be genuine about it. The worst kind of friend is a jealous and competitive friend.

Yes. I do, but it inspires me to work even harder.

*Schmergy! You have your old profile picture. I love it.*

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As others have said, I find that I'm always really happy for my friends successes instead of jealous. But when I do feel a sting of envy, I use it to make myself more motivated to work harder and become better.

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Whenever I feel jealous, I remember that there is life beyond High School.

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I'm going to hold on to the notion that it does until reality forces me to face that it doesn't.

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Maybe a little bit...but I'm also proud of them when they do well and I also tend to feel a little inspired/motivated in those situations.

Bump.