{"id":1048,"date":"2018-09-08T19:39:09","date_gmt":"2018-09-08T19:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themes.pixelwars.org\/efor\/demo-01\/?p=1048"},"modified":"2018-09-08T19:39:09","modified_gmt":"2018-09-08T19:39:09","slug":"whats-the-point-of-self-improvement-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/academiaaulaabierta.es\/cursos\/2018\/09\/08\/whats-the-point-of-self-improvement-anyway\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s the Point of Self-Improvement Anyway?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"a313\" class=\"graf graf--p graf--hasDropCapModel graf--hasDropCap graf-after--figure\"><span class=\"graf-dropCap\">T<\/span>here\u2019s a paradox with self-improvement and it is this: the ultimate goal of all self-improvement is to reach the point where you no longer feel the need to improve yourself.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2b09\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">Think about it: The whole goal of&nbsp;<a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/markmanson.net\/do-something\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">improving your productivity<\/a>&nbsp;is to reach the point where you never have to think about how to be more productive. The whole point of&nbsp;<a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/markmanson.net\/stop-trying-to-be-happy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">pursuing happiness<\/a>&nbsp;is to reach the point where one no longer has to think about being happy. The whole point of&nbsp;<a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/markmanson.net\/relationship-advice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">improving your relationships<\/a>&nbsp;is so that you can enjoy some drama-free cunnilingus in the McDonald\u2019s drive-thru without almost crashing the car.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3549\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">(Still working on that last one.)<\/p>\n<p id=\"29c4\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">Self-improvement is therefore, in a weird way, ultimately self-defeating.<\/p>\n<p id=\"deff\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">The only way to truly achieve one\u2019s potential, to become fully fulfilled, or to become \u201cself-actualized\u201d (whatever the fuck that means), is to,&nbsp;<em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">at some point<\/em>, stop trying to be all of those things.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/the-mission\/whats-the-point-of-self-improvement-anyway-97d353cdecf5\">Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a paradox with self-improvement and it is this: the ultimate goal of all self-improvement is to reach the point where you no longer feel the need to improve yourself. Think about it: The whole goal of&nbsp;improving your productivity&nbsp;is to reach the point where you never have to think about how to be more productive. The whole point of&nbsp;pursuing happiness&nbsp;is to reach the point where&#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/academiaaulaabierta.es\/cursos\/2018\/09\/08\/whats-the-point-of-self-improvement-anyway\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[8,9,11],"class_list":["post-1048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life","tag-be-better","tag-improve","tag-self","is-cat-link-solid-light is-cat-link-rounded"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/academiaaulaabierta.es\/cursos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/academiaaulaabierta.es\/cursos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/academiaaulaabierta.es\/cursos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academiaaulaabierta.es\/cursos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academiaaulaabierta.es\/cursos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/academiaaulaabierta.es\/cursos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academiaaulaabierta.es\/cursos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/academiaaulaabierta.es\/cursos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academiaaulaabierta.es\/cursos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academiaaulaabierta.es\/cursos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}