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Seeking out flow, I learned, is far more effective than self-punishing shame.
Johann Hari • Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
There are infinite quotidian human experiences ripe for interpreting: putting off housework, caring about who I sit next to at a dinner party, struggling to get dressed. They stack up every day. I’m particularly fond of using them to draw ungenerous conclusions: I’m shallow, selfish, lazy, dishonest. I’ve trained myself away from defending my goodn... See more
#180: Against Self-Analysis
from Ashley Zhang:
the longer I spent seeking answers on how to flourish, the more I recognized that the challenges we face are both systemic and philosophical. People cannot flourish if our institutions, structures, and beliefs are hostile to it — and yet, the onus is placed on individuals to resist pernicious incent... See more