Comparison with the less fortunate makes us grateful (and yes, humble), but I reject endless peer comparison.

Q: How do you square this circle?
A: I don’t have a good short answer. I basically follow the feedback loop — increase those efforts having good result, and avoid actions that proved harmful

• I actively reject FOMO
• I actively remind myself to compare with the less fortunate

Given my bare-bones ffree, I feel blessed … when comparing to those (richer or poorer) without ffree. However, my ffree is bare-bones, so I remind myself to avoid benchmarking with the rich.

Compare across, not compare up — a “sound” sound byte?