It’s present in the moments just before you fall asleep, when you think about the day that’s to come and wonder if you’ll get enough done.
It’s there when you open your phone, your laptop, the coffee shop door: Am I doing things like everyone else? Am I getting this right?
It sneaks in when you tell yourself that other people know more than you; are doing better than you; are further ahead than you.
It’s the quiet pressure (and the not-so-quiet inner voice) that tells you to shrink back, or that no matter how hard you try, you’ll never be quite where you want to be.