Self-compassion is more valuable than self-criticism

Believe this.

One of my HS yearbook quotes was "The unexamined life is not worth living," which appears to be from Socrates. (I think one of my other quotes was from Phish, if you want an idea of the type of person I probably was in high school.) I'm a pretty self-critical person in general -- if you want an idea around that, look at this post -- and I have been for …