Hello comrades and welcome to the second improvement megathread of November! bonfire I hope your month has started well.

As usual, some discussion ideas:

  • Do you want to share something you've done in the previous week? Everything counts, nothing is too small.
  • Do you have any goals or plans for next week?
  • 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: "Scatter the old world, build a new world"

Dasui jiu shijie, chuangli xin shijie

(打碎旧世界创立新世界)

Good luck with your goals! unity

  • LGOrcStreetSamurai [he/him]
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    3 days ago

    Do you want to share something you've done in the previous week? Everything counts, nothing is too small.

    • I finish one of my big programming projects this week. Very pleased that it was successful, I'm really feeling like all of this coding on my own is going to pay off I just keep my mind focused on progression rather than "success". Just constantly getting better, even a little bit is all that matters to me in this endeavor.

    Do you have any goals or plans for next week?

    • Apply for jobs. Call one of my boyz and let know I love him and if he needs anything he can hit me up no problem. Find a new book to read, preferably something funny. I need to laugh. I also started using Kettlebells I found at a moving sale for $10. I have not used in exercise before but I'm looking to switch things up.

    Do you have any streaks? For example, "sober for one day." Feel free to post your streak every day in this thread.

    • Still maintaining my walking and bodyweight exercises. I'm glad to see the fat coming off in places.

    If you don't have a continuous streak, did you manage to abstain from something for a day or more?

    • One major thing I'm very proud is that even though a lot of things in my personal life have gone sideways, is that I don't feel like I'm bugging out about it. I certainly care want things to be better, but I'm not tripping either. To use more adult terms, I'm having a more stoic (in the philosophical good sense, not the hustlebro sense) response. I'm working on the things I can, not worrying about the things I can't, and trying to be proactive in all the ways I can. I'm letting that be enough too, I'm doing my best in the ways I can and I am satisfied with that. Things aren't going well, but I'm doing my best in all the ways I can and that's a dub in my book.

    Did you come across some useful information or resource that might help others?

    • As always recommend you go the library. There is always something neat there.
    • moonlake [he/him]
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      3 days ago

      Find a new book to read, preferably something funny. I need to laugh.

      My suggestion is "The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood" by Howard Pyle. It's one of my favourite books, I read it recently and it still holds up. The entire book is just guys being dudes.

      Alternatively, I remember that the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was a fun read, especially the first book in the series. But I haven't read it since high school, I would like to read it again.