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eucyclosyesterday at 8:05 AM3 repliesview on HN

I enjoy self improvement, but there is something deeply therapeutic about self non - improvement.

I don't say 'self acceptance' because that's often described as a necessary precursor to changing whatever we find difficult to accept about ourselves.


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mjklinyesterday at 5:39 PM

In his Essays, Michel de Montaigne had a neighbor whose doctor told him not to eat a certain dish. When Montaigne asked him why he ate it anyway, he said he needed something to curse at.

mettamageyesterday at 8:29 AM

> I enjoy self improvement, but there is something deeply therapeutic about self non - improvement.

Good point! I wish I wrote that, haha.

apsurdyesterday at 8:49 AM

self non-improvement.

love it.

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