Daily Poll 523
Is self-esteem important?
We live in the post lawn mower parent generation and as such we’re hyper focused on the concept of self-esteem. The need to make sure you always like yourself and think highly of yourself is quite overrated. I am of course biased since I’ve spent too many years stewing in pure self hatred but I don’t think self-esteem on its own is what builds character. The desire to self improve and acting on it in meaningful ways is what builds character and leads to fulfillment and that can be done without being stuck on your self perception. Those are just my thoughts. What are yours? Don’t forget to vote on the poll and to comment below!
Introducing the Daily Poll and it's Archive
For well over a year I have been posting a poll on the member site for Eric D July. It’s a paid forum so my archive of polls won’t be accessible to most readers. I will start a new archive here and post the same poll I post to the site on my substack. These ones are usually quite short but some get up a bit in word count so don’t expect the most eloquen…
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