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“Envy turns life into an endless competition that nobody wins.” – Martha Beck.

The perfect wife, the perfect kids, the perfect life: what’s perfect for you might drive someone else crazy!

There is even a story of a man who committed a crime to be incarcerated away from his wife. I think there are easier solutions, but searching for the perfect life is instilled in us from the beginning.

In her article, Beck says that at birth you were probably assigned an Apgar score: a number that indicates muscle tone, heart rate and other variables comparing you to the norm.

As you went through the toddler...