Hi comrades, welcome to the Improvement Megathread! 
I plan to post a new weekly megathread here every Sunday. I think Sunday is a good day to review the previous week and make some plans for the following week. If somebody else wants to post a new megathread anytime, just let me know.
Here are some ideas for discussion:
- Do you want to share something you've done in the previous week?
Even if you did only 1 push-up, read 1 page, meditated for 1 minute, or touched 1 blade of grass, let us know about it. When it comes to making progress, everything counts. The most important thing is to make progress, no matter how small.
- What would you like to do next week?
- What aspect of life would you like to improve?
- Do you have any streaks? For example, "sober for one day." Feel free to post your streak every day in this thread.
- If you don't have a continuous streak, did you manage to abstain from something for a day or more?
- Did you come across some useful information or resource that might help others?
Of course, this is not a definitive list. And feel free to make a separate post in the comm for any of these topics. This is just a megathread for all the stuff that you want to share but don't feel like making a new post.
Let me know if you have any suggestions.
And remember the Golden Rule of Hexbear:
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Appreciate reading everyone's comments-- it's nice to find solidarity in our communal efforts.
Last week my evening meditations dropped off for a few nights but I sat on Sunday night and want to keep that going. I normally try to sit zazen but lately have been using a guided meditation of sitting meditation that is helping me get "butt-on-cushion" time and I hope eventually I can work my way back up to just sitting.
Been on a diet since Jan. 2 and today my weigh in was 4 lbs lighter since then!
Definitely backslid on smoking weed but I didn't last night, even though I had already made my mind up that I would!
Congrats on the weight progress! Have you been exercising more or focused on changing your diet?
It's been mostly diet.. I've found that weighing myself in the morning and tracking calories consumed is enough of a leverage point to changing my behavior that leads to weight loss. Luckily I work at a place with a big campus that I have to walk around a lot, so I get a fair amount of steps in per day.