The Functional Perfectionist questions: So, should we accept ourselves? I’d argue that a better word is acknowledge. We need to acknowledge who we currently are—the good, the bad and the ugly—while actively working to improve ourselves, rather than simply accepting who we are. Continuous acceptance without real change becomes a form of copping out. Accepting ourselves without genuine effort to grow starts to look more like self-indulgence than self-compassion. Actions speak l