I am about to play some audio of me talking that I did not intend to share.

This was a private message that I left for my friend.

And you'll hear that. You'll hear that with the stuff

that's bleeped out. And like, this definitely wasn't for public consumption. But I was, I was thinking

about it as I thought about the topic of this episode, which is how much we can get into

comparison spirals. And I was just going to talk

about the subject. But then I just kind of felt inspired. I thought, why don't I let my good

podcast friends hear what a real raw comparison spiral sounds like in my world.

And so I was leaving a message for my friend Lea Daro.

And it was just a couple days ago, as of this recording, it was a couple days ago.

I was on my way home from someone else's stand-up comedy show. And it really triggered a massive comparison spiral.

And Leah and I have this thing where we, when we are feeling like we are in one of those

spirals,

we articulate all of our limiting beliefs that have come from this.

And it's, okay, this is actually a really helpful practice.

When you're feeling down on yourself, this is similar to journal speak.

It's like verbal journal speak where you you codify exactly what are those limiting beliefs saying because what can happen is you're you're feeling bad, you're feeling down,

you're feeling inferior, but all of these feelings are kind of amorphous. They're not, you haven't articulated,

articulated exactly what they are. And when you put them into words, not just thoughts in your

head, but either words on paper or words spoken to a friend, or if you don't have any friends,

I mean, I've been in those seasons, or if it's

like too private, it's like, my level of crazy is maybe no one's ready to hear it. That's what

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