Hi gang and welcome to the third weekly improvement megathread!
I'm gonna copy the ideas for discussion from the previous threads but these are just my suggestions, feel free to discuss whatever you wish.
- Do you want to share something you've done in the previous week? Everything counts, nothing is too 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?
I'm wishing everybody a great week! 
Starting a new lift routine after I stopped for awhile after a non lifting related rib injury.
Lessons learned that I'm bringing into it this go around:
While I've professed and lived by the mantra of "start slow, build slow", for any kind of exercise routine, I've never really considered the importance of staying slow. As soon as I start feeling the benefits of my slow, but steady and gainful progression, I'll get excited and jump weights and do whatever else weird stuff. This time I'm just going to stay slow.
In conjunction one of the most challenging moments for me is the time right before/after and then beginning a new routine. The emotional buildup, relief, and then uncertainty that often comes in those moments leaves me vulnerable to getting out of my rhythm. I get so focused on completing my goal, that I don't really know what I want to do next, so I can go from pure motivation/accomplishment to really aimlessness after.
So anyway to address that I'm committing to a longer routine, this one is set for 48 weeks, and I'm going to avoid setting medium goals like get to X weight, or beat my PR on this lift. I've used those in the past to motivate me to lift, but those aren't my goals, my goal is to continue lifting for 48 weeks.