Rant/Advice: How do you cope with watching the exchange student bubble in Japan?

I just want to preface that it's not about rich people. These exchange students have a fairly normal household it's just that when they come here they live completely different lives. And I know that makes sense but just hard to cope with when it's literally shoved in front of your face every freaking day.

I know that this is a very toxic mindset and it's of course very wrong but I struggle to get out of it, because I see these people so much more often than I used to, constantly seeing the cycle of exchange students coming in and out, and I can't help but sometimes fall into that mindset.

I’m a full-time student at Sophia, and the gap between us and the exchange students is massive. We’re in the same university, same age, but living completely different lives. They’re traveling all the time, Okinawa, Kyoto, Hokkaido, even overseas (Korea and Vietnam to be exact), and skipping class is just normal. When they are around, it’s mostly with other exchange kids or language school friends. Some spend a year here, never learn Japanese, never meet locals, and still walk away with all their credits.

I stumbled on some Japan exchange student YouTube videos the other day. Beautiful shots of trains, sakura, coffee shops, and the person saying they “found themselves” here. It’s the same story I see in real life. Six months to a year of parties, trips, and hanging out in their own circle. From my perspective, the system makes it so easy for them to float through while still calling it “studying abroad.”

A lot of us full-time students have to deal with Part-time work, a long commute, deadlines, job- hunting /internships, and all the regular pressures of living here. It’s frustrating to see that inequality right in front of me when we’re in the same place on paper. How do you stop comparing yourself to that? How do you deal with feeling like you’re stuck in the hard version of Japan while they get the easy one?

I made a similar post some time ago here but it was completely a rant. Need practical advice on how to stop feeling this way.