Likes are borrowed confidence. The bank wants it back the second the numbers dip.

Confidence sourced from a count moves with the count, which means it was never really yours. A good response lifts you briefly, a quiet one lands harder than it should, and the whole thing has to be renewed constantly. The supply is controlled entirely by other people’s attention.

Notice this week whether you check a post after putting it up, and what the number does to your mood. Try posting something and not looking for a day. Then find one thing you did well that nobody saw, and let that count.