Self-care slop
Alex Danco at this thought-provoking best on Dialectic:
Self-care is a real sort of hedonistic treadmill. Ultimately, I think self-care is a kind of slop. It doesn't feel like it at the time. It feels like, "Oh, I'm going to go on this run right now for me and just do what I want to do," or "I'm going to go take a day off for me."I'm not saying don't do those things. It's great to be able to recharge and have days for yourself. But ultimately, the way that you drive meaning out of life is to be living it with a vector of direction in service of others.
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The way that you would describe that in a non-esoteric, jargony sense is just: be generous all the time.