You're Not Doomed to Hate Yourself

Self-compassion, anxiety, akrasia, and what we can do when we take a backward step

“In the face of critically important insights, we get distracted, proud, or fidgety. We may prefer to do almost anything other than take in information that could save us.”

Alain de Botton, The School of Life: An Emotional Education

Life does not bring us all that many moments of profound realisation. I had one this week, while on holiday. Or rather, a sl…