Is it a difference between being proud/grateful of your accomplishments in life vs being too arrogant about it?

[Anonymous]

I’m all for people going to school, getting better and higher paying jobs, finally getting the house they wanted and becoming a home owner etc All those things are great accomplishments especially depending on your age but it’s like when people post about those things on social media specifically, it’s more so in a bragging, putting others down and looking for validation kind of way. Almost as if they post it to say “Hey look at me. I’m doing something with my life. What are you doing with yours? You need to catch up.” Rather than it just being them sharing their success in a humble way.

[Ευδεμονια]

I think sincerely you shouldn’t trust social media too much. Unfortunately arrogance and the culture of displaying richness and wellness are ruining thousand of people… people show their achievements at every cost only to obtain approbation or envy, our sick society works like that.
There’s very few humility or modesty, everyone brags about how rich he is, how cool his car is… I have no account on instagram because of that, because this social is mainly used by people whose only purpose is to attract other people attention, envy and compliments.
But most of the richness and wellness shown is totally fake.
I know about people that took great money loan to buy expensive cars or Rolex only to appear wealthier than they were… while they are only poor people. Poor of money and poor of humanity.


So yes, there’s a big difference between being grateful for self achievements and being arrogant only to seek others envy.

[BarryLiverstone]

Social media is fake, it’s the 5% ‘best’ parts of our lives that we document to show others how well we are doing. Not our real lives where we struggle and cry and are challenged so often. Yes people can boast and be competitive online as you asked.


However we can all also communicate how blessed we are and give thanks for the good things in life. We can be thankful for living another day, grateful for a job and a roof over our heads. It’s about how we communicate and our intentions overall.

[Smoke-n-Growls]

Absolutely.

Being proud of your work and grateful for your opportunities in life can still come with humility and empathy.

There's a big difference between "yes, thank you, I worked hard to get where I am and I'm very grateful it all worked out" and "obviously I got the job and the money, have you met me? I'm the best".

[Guy13]

Probably because the patterns that got them there are going to get them further. If they do not self-promote then who will?