SCRIPT CHECK · 60 SECONDS
Five quick questions show how often it appears, how believable it feels, and what it makes you avoid. You’ll get one private next step.
This is not a diagnosis and there is no pass or fail. It measures the current frequency, credibility, and behavioral cost of “New money in my feed means I've fallen behind”, including the private rule underneath it: Enough is whatever the people around me have, plus a little. The economics is blunt: hold your own income constant and richer neighbors alone lower reported happiness. The index resets every time anyone nearby buys anything—so by design,…
QUIET
“New money in my feed means I've fallen behind” appears, but it rarely gets the final say. Keep this line available for higher-pressure moments: “Everyone my age is actually six people's vacation photos and one good year each. I don't build my life by six people.”
PRESENT
“New money in my feed means I've fallen behind” wins some small decisions before you catch it. Your useful interruption is: “Behind isn't a destination. There is no track, so there is no behind.”
ACTIVE
“New money in my feed means I've fallen behind” is shaping action often enough to deserve a deliberate counterexample. Start privately and concretely: Next time you see a purchase announcement in your feed, write down the exact calculation you're about to do—who, what, when, your rank. Then close the note without reading it again. Notice if the thought still feels true when you can't see the math.
DOMINANT
Right now, “New money in my feed means I've fallen behind” is steering many of the moments you measured. That is a pattern reading, not a diagnosis or character verdict. Begin with one reversible receipt: Next time you see a purchase announcement in your feed, write down the exact calculation you're about to do—who, what, when, your rank. Then close the note without reading it again. Notice if the thought still feels true when you can't see the math.