Lose the Loser - She's not really your friend
Sometimes, you need to isolate yourself. I say isolate, not to mean disappear from everything, but to remove yourself from those things that are draining you, keeping you from recharging, thereby preventing you from growing. You think those around you are your friends? Some are, but consider this: the first order of nature is survival of the fitness. Pursuit of success and all that comes with it is part of living your best life. Why would someone want you to have any accomplishment that they themselves don't have? You've heard of the Golden Rule? Do to others as you would have them do to you. There is a not-so-well-known premise I call the Golden Reality. No one wants something for someone else that they don't want for themselves first. I follow a general practice when simplifying the complicated. I strip the complex to its components and focus on each one-by-one to get an understanding. When I am finished analyzing each bare element, I puzzle them together, figuring how t...