I spend my days choking it down and puking it up. Envy is ugly. It looks like plotting. It looks like me. But it's not all bad.
Envy fuels personal progress.
If you can recognize it, you can manipulate it. The problem is that you can't always recognize it. It usually manifests itself in self-pity. Envy between friends is the ugliest kind. I've been battling that particular brand since I was a kid.