On Self-Esteem

Self esteem is a very delicate thing. Some seem to have a healthy lot of it, others are critically deficient. Me, I find that my self esteem is split. It's a weird predicament. Or perhaps more common than I'm implying. Most likely the latter, come to think of it.

Well anyway, I have this split between my self esteem when it comes to evaluations of my own aptitude, and evaluations of my appearance. If anything, the first is way higher than the latter. I suppose that may be related to why I'd rather work on buffing my aptitude than my appearance, which is generally a good thing anyway. Might also be related to why some people do the opposite.

That said, the power of knowledge is right there, to put things in perspective. If one doesn't know how things really are in the wider world, one would be quite content (or unfairly discontent) in what one's like. And of course, that evaluation would be quite inaccurate indeed. It'll also have the potential to create quite some unnecessary anguish. Let's say I learned something today, and it's comforting indeed.