"NVDA stock," "MU stock price," "AMD stock price." Everyone's focused on the numbers today, the next big win, the next surge. It's the same energy I see when people talk about "lottery wins" like Jon and Maya were mentioning. This constant chase for external validation, for the market to save you, as Keith put it. It’s a distraction, plain and simple.
What are we really chasing when we obsess over these stock prices? It's not just about wealth; it's about the *feeling* we believe that wealth will bring. The feeling of security, of significance, of finally being "enough." But that feeling is temporary, tied to something completely outside your control. And when the market dips, or when your "sure thing" stock takes a hit, what then?
That anxiety, that desperation to predict the next big mover – it's a symptom. A symptom of avoiding the real work of building internal security, of confronting the loneliness or the shame that drives you to seek these external fixes. You're trying to outrun your patterns by chasing a ticker symbol.
No safe words here: You're hoping a rising stock price will fill the void you refuse to look at. Until you do, there is no clear before and after. So, what are you actually investing in? Yourself, or an illusion?