Hello comrades and welcome to the first megathread of November! 
It's a good time to set your intentions for the month.
As usual, some discussion ideas:
- Do you have any goals or plans for November?
- Do you want to share something you've done in the previous week? Everything counts, nothing is too small.
- 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?
Poster caption: "Criticize the old world and build a new world with Mao Zedong Thought as a weapon"
Top right corner: "All erroneous ideas, all poisonous weeds, all ghosts and monsters, must be subjected to criticism; in no circumstance should they be allowed to spread unchecked."
(凡是错误的思想,凡是 毒草,凡是牛鬼蛇神,都应 该进行批判,决不能让它们 自由泛滥)
Good luck with your goals! 
I'm still getting my teeth kicked by life. However, I remain resolute in that I will find positive way forward. I'm not in grave or dire condition or anything like that, but things just aren't going my way the last 30 days or so. Regardless, I'm going to find a way forward, a way to grow stronger from this. I'm not gonna get salty from my negative experiences anymore. I'm going to take the L (though to be frank I'd like the L taking part to be over
), examine the L, reflect on the L, study the L, harness the hidden power of the L, and ultimately turn it into a W through the alchemy of optimism. It's kinda corny, but I have really been on some "yeah shit is bad, but I'm not gonna give into that" wave. Not sure why or what, but I'm determined to become greater than my conditions. Am i romanticizing my own misfortune? Maybe. However, I think it's truly good to see yourself as the hero and overcoming the bad stuff without becoming a bad person is rad to me. Don't get me wrong I love being a hater, but I'm done hating on me.