Just live your life. It goes away with life experience. By getting what you want, you realize it's not what you really want. By this process of slow eliminatio

Just live your life. It goes away with life experience. By getting what you want, you realize it's not what you really want. By this process of slow elimination, your desires become far less about having more things (envy aka someone is better is about them having more things), and far more about having more time, to go for a walk, to play with your kids, to read a book. It's hard to be envious of someone going for a walk in the park :) Western society has a masterful advertising and marketing machine that makes most people feel inadequate about things that make no sense, like a car somebody drives, or a suit they wear, or a number in their bank account?! As if those things are worth missing a kids' birthday party for! They're only worth anything because other sleepwalkers will give you props for them. Comparing yourself to others goes away by the time you're 30 or 40 - you just cease giving a shit, mostly due to being worn out and with that, advertising no longer works on you, much. Anyhoo, it goes away on its own as you get that girl, get that car, get that job, and realize it's not it. What a hoot :)