The people who doubted you don’t need a victory lap in their face. Just keep going.

The urge to prove someone wrong keeps them involved in your life long after they stopped thinking about you. Success aimed at an audience of critics is still success arranged around them. Letting that go returns the work to being about what you actually wanted. They will notice or they will not, and neither outcome deserves to set your pace.

After something goes well, resist the message you have been composing since they doubted you. Tell the people who were actually there. Then keep going, which was always the only answer required.