#57: Understanding your productivity shame
The Academic Imperfectionist
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The Importance of Values in Shame
We feel shame when we fail to live in accordance with our own values, says John Rawls. When this happens, according to Rawls, our self-esteem suffers and that's what shame is. But I don't think this is quite right - it's possible to value getting an early night but then accidentally binge watch a new series on Netflix. Or you might value running 10km in under 40 minutes, but then take more like 90. And then there's also the point that sometimes shame doesn't seem to be about values at all.
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