Learning to Listen to Yourself

I can’t tell you how many times I hear this:

“Oh, that’s good, Monica — why didn’t I think of that?”
or
“That’s brilliant, Monica — why didn’t I think of that?”

And here’s my honest answer:
Because most people spend their days filled up with other people’s thoughts.

They don’t make time to hear their own.
They scroll, they read, they react.
They fill every quie…