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Post 1725, Day 249 of 2016
- 2,075 days since I started this blog -
Daily Comment
- 2,075 days since I started this blog -
I see a pretty stark contrast between myself and other people when it comes to one thing.
My attitude towards self-worth.
I no longer am troubled by the concept, because I have decided that self-worth is a non-quantifiable and maybe a non-viable idea.
It seems to me that the concept is fraught with danger, and is mostly used to establish not worth, merely a place in the social hierarchy. It is a relative value, having no meaning without a comparison to some standard.
It seems to me that that relativity tends to support either self-aggrandizement or self-deprecation, if not self-loathing.
I've been guilty of both, and I'm just not having any of it any more. I cannot see any way that a person's perception of self-worth leads to narcissism or depression. Or both.
My value to myself is pretty immense. My value to others irrelevant. Neither determines my self-worth.
I'd just as soon see self-worth set at the market value of the extractable chemicals in my body. By that measure, everybody's self-worth is about the same.
And only then tie self-worth to self-esteem.
My attitude towards self-worth.
I no longer am troubled by the concept, because I have decided that self-worth is a non-quantifiable and maybe a non-viable idea.
It seems to me that the concept is fraught with danger, and is mostly used to establish not worth, merely a place in the social hierarchy. It is a relative value, having no meaning without a comparison to some standard.
It seems to me that that relativity tends to support either self-aggrandizement or self-deprecation, if not self-loathing.
I've been guilty of both, and I'm just not having any of it any more. I cannot see any way that a person's perception of self-worth leads to narcissism or depression. Or both.
My value to myself is pretty immense. My value to others irrelevant. Neither determines my self-worth.
I'd just as soon see self-worth set at the market value of the extractable chemicals in my body. By that measure, everybody's self-worth is about the same.
And only then tie self-worth to self-esteem.
Food and Diet
Today's Weight: 205.4 lbs.
Diet Comment
Previous Weight (9/2): 200.0 lbs.
Net Loss/Gain: + 5.4 lbs.
Diet Comment
All of Friday's good feelings couldn't prevent the non-stop bad eating I did starting with my post-gig cheat. That would have had to come from a different place.
Food Log
Breakfast
3:15pm: A Quest bar.
Lunch
6:55pm: Peanut butter (a lot of peanut butter) and three slices of Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grain bread.
Dinner
11:45pm: Greens and cheese omelet (three extra-large eggs, sauteed kale, spinach and chard, feta cheese) and two slices bacon.
11:45pm: Greens and cheese omelet (three extra-large eggs, sauteed kale, spinach and chard, feta cheese) and two slices bacon.
Liquid Intake
Espressos: 1; Coffee: 0 oz.; Tea: 0 oz.; Water: 70+ oz.
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