Comment by toyg

This is a classic effect of social media: people only post their wins, and the ones you notice are the biggest ones. "Oh man, Kathy is having a holiday in the Sahara! John bought a badass motorbike! Frank ran the NY marathon! I've never done any of that, I'm such a loser..." This thread is the nerd equivalent of an Instagram feed.

It's fine: you keep doing you and finding your own happiness. Don't feel pressured into matching these folks, nobody expects you to.