I love how you intermingled these two concepts of an Easter egg race and competition in other areas of our lives. I agree, we often are in competition with ourselves which I think is the healthier option than being obsessed with what others are achieving.

If we stay the course of improving our own skill set, and finding innovative ways to do things, the energy spent will pay for itself over and over whereas the alternative of creating our own rat race, trying to keep up with others is an energy sap.