Plastics - Kate Sommer

I have 2 siblings, and I would consider them to both be over achievers. They both excel at anything they put their minds to. My older sibling is very smart, was awarded tons of scholarships for college, and graduated salutatorian last year. My younger sister is great at band, soccer, and track. So a thing I struggled with throughout 8th grade and still sometimes struggle with, is that I would compare myself to my siblings and I would feel I wasn't as good as them. Both parents told me multiple times that I'm my own person and I don't have to try and live up to my siblings. This was really important for me to hear, and I still have to remind myself of that sometimes. Just because my older sibling got great grades and took tons of AP classes doesn't mean I have to be. Just because my younger sister is super athletic doesn't mean I have to be. This is a really important thing for me to remind myself of, especially when my self-confidence is low. I have to remember what my parents told me and remind myself that I might not be as good as my siblings at somethings but there are things that I'm better at than my siblings.