Elisabeth McKay

Perception distorts everything.

Am I feeding resentment instead of building my own life?

How many of you, if you were honest with yourselves about how much you fixate on somebody else, if you took all of that time and you put it into building something for yourself, would your life be better?

the amount of people who have done this and spend so much time trying to attack me or put the focus on me, if they spent even 20% of that time truly focusing on their thing, they'd probably be a lot further along.

I wish they would.

I really do.

Because you're putting that energy into a place that your brain and body is addicted to rather than really the part where deep down that's where the actual lack is.

They're afraid that they can't actually do it.

And I hope that they do.

Is this emotional fixation producing peace or is it just justifying my internal chaos?

It's probably justifying internal chaos.

Have I confused visibility with value?

Just because I'm in the background, does that mean that suddenly I don't matter anymore?

Am I operating from trust or am I doubling down on my childhood-based scarcity?

What thoughts have I been rehearsing repeatedly?

Would I want someone thinking these thoughts about me?

Is this comparison poisoning my emotional state?

What behavior would oppose this pattern right now?

And what would me contributing to this instead of competing look like?

And the last one, can I challenge myself to genuinely celebrate someone else's success to oppose my pattern?