wealth is not a competition

there is this Chinese saying "比上不足， 比下有余"; this means that there will always be someone better than you. If you try to compare yourself with someone better than you, you might feel miserable and unhappy.
However, there is likely to be many who are "face-conscious" and false into the trap of lifestyle creep.
Thus it is important to invest with objective of being better than the "you" yesterday (and not the everyone else)!