/SIG/ - Self Improvement General

>tfw trying to learn how to breathe out of my nose after a lifetime of being a mouthbreather
Is there really any point in me trying to do this though considering I'm already 21 and have already fully grown? Are there any benefits to be had here?

I enjoy letting small or highly improbable circumstances or outcomes build up in my head until it consumes me and deteriorates my well being. I then temporarily stop lifting, dont eat and drink beer and pick up smoking. Eventually everything turns out ok and i return to an extremely blissful life life, get back to lifting and diet and swear off alcohol and cigs until creeping impending death returns to me. Other than that im good.

People wont avoid you, girls will like you a bit more and you wont be a mouth breather

Also forgot, there's a bunch of stuff form AlphaDestiny in there.

I unironically think that, if you leave the fact he's an autistic dwarf that looks like shit, some of the advice he gives is pretty solid, especially regarding what he calls "the muscles that make you big".

God I love this shit. I want to bestow this beautiful gains upon you all, my brothers

Yes but 1) theres a website where it shows you all the flag and Templar locations and let's you check off boxes so you can track it all and 2) there's not a bunch of gay online, multiplayer, and DLC achievements so the campaign and all achievements should be 20-30hrs total which isn't too bad for a game overall :)

You won't get dehydrated as easily and you won't look retarded, obviously.

I love the idea of a /sig/, but it sucks that /pol/ has shat all over the idea. Regardless, today I read a chunk of the Analects, did a SL5x5 workout, cleaned some guns, and now I’m going to meditate and then sleep.

/pol/ created /sig/ you tard

I got prp done on my face to fix my shitty complexion and acne, I have to stay inside for another day or two while my face heals.
I'm 6 inches, should I get the p-shot? The internet says there's no solid evidence on humans, but my doctor parents keep telling me they've done it before and it works. Having a bigger dick just seems nice.

Besides that, I sleep a lot, play cuphead, and get overwhelmed by the unrealistic expectations of my goals.

Where the hell do I start?
Do I start improving my body?
Do I start improving my social life?
Do I start working on investing, and doing market research on my business idea?
Do I stay unhappy focusing on college work that I hate?

I need to meditate, read, work out, eat healthy, journal, work on hobbies and skills, socialize, and so on.

Holy shit, how do you guys decide what to focus on first?

I love you user.

may good sleeps come to you

Ore wa neeto who is going to uni this january so i have 2 months to get fit tell me how do i do it without leaving my house

/sig/ is the only thread that makes Veeky Forums worthwhile tbqhwy phamalam

I write a list of what to do every day before i go to bed. I try to complete all the things ive set. Theres plenty of time in the day to start all that stuff at the same time.

And it takes a few days to reach over 100 replies. I really need to leave this fucking place.

I'm learning about ecology, I read books, make notes, and go and visit places to see and learn first hand. I like to get up early and go into the woods at dawn then spend all moring walking around and observing what's growing, how it's growing, why it might be there and what else is living in the area. Feels good.

On /pol/ /SIG/ can reach 300 in a couple hours if the mods don't move or delete it. On /pol/ they actually talk about stuff like homesteading and being sustainable, stuff I wish we talked about on /fitSIG/. But I got banned from /pol/ for 3 days for making my last /SIG/ thread there, and like I said they keep moving those threads to /bant/ so I think I'll just stick to /fitSIG/ from now on. Plus I'm not really into the whole WN, fascist thing they've got going on over there...

How do you not get bored of it?

As a horticulturalist I highly doubt you know what the hell is growing.

He might not know specific species or genuses, but knowing families, orders are fine for a beginner. Or vice versa.

fatass neet trying to discipline up. running reading

Generally you don't get bored of things you really like.

I can name quite a bit of it and I'm learning, which. Also I'm not a horticulturist I'm just an amateur conservationist, I'm also looking for stuff like browse lines and animal sign, and features that indicate what the land has been though as well.

We're all gonna make it brehs

Yup. Good idea, tainted by association with the dregs. We should appropriate it from those wankers.

Been eating far too much sugar recently and i've had a massive spike in my anxiety and jitteryness as a result. Need to severely cut down on it and start eating more veg and drinking water again. Other than that i'm going to try and make it swimming every day this week as a personal goal.

Start with meditation first. The reason you struggle to find a coherent direction is because your mind is too cluttered. Meditation cures that and enables you to think with clarity and motivation for the rest of your improvement list.

the threads on /pol/ were actually pretty active and only had the occasional shitposter. there's like one mod who hates the idea of /pol/ actually practicing what they preach so he'd banish the threads to a painful death over at /bant/

This week I'm going to be dropping myself to a healthy weight, I've spent the last couple of weeks wallowing in self pity at my wasted life, even though I turned 18 only a month ago. Yesterday I weighed myself and when I saw the number on the scale I was disgusted in myself. I was 260 pounds, and I decided I'd start working to improve myself, if only to distract myself from my other insecurities.

It was one of the most active generals too.

>heal slut

never gonna make it

>i do magic tricks for the kids where i work, it allow me to get better at it, increase my reputation on the work place, and make the kids happy.

>i decided to buy a reflex cam to get into astrophotography (taking nice pictures of the night sky, milky way and stuff)

>decided to do a small cut of a few kilo, maybe 4 up to 6 so i don t get too fat before the real cut. i hate cardio tho.

>work girl gave me advices about how to spice my food, especialy lean meat like chicken/turkey and some vegetables.

>i need to eat more vegetables, for vitamins.

>still trying to improve my discord porn server, wish there was more active girls in it desu.

>bought a bunch of sexy but cheap clothes for gf, like china cheap stuff. i'm curious to see hopw it'll look, all of them are clothes in wich i'm gonna bang her anyway.

Is there an imgur dump where I can find more of this specific style of image?

4chanfit.wikia.com/wiki//sig/_sticky

>What are you working on this week?
Honestly, my car. Not because I enjoy working on cars or cars at all. But my car is a piece of shit, so I've had to go full Veeky Forumstist to figure out how to keep it running until I start my new job. This time I had to fuck around with the fuses which caused me to almost pull my hair out. But I'm slowly learning more and more about them. I should probably just sit down one day and read the entire car manual.

I have also got back into songwriting again. It's one of the only things that has ever fulfilled me. So, there's that.

>What sort of activities and hobbies, studies are you going to do to engage yourself besides fitness?
I already have an undergrad and master's degree. So school is out of the question for me. I will probably hit up my new employer to send me back for an MBA/DBA though. Already stated cars and music right now.

But, really, I've been browsing /tv/ a lot lately. October has always been my favorite month so watching horror movies, discussing spooky stuff, etc. is always a good time. I'm learning bits here and there about directors, film techniques, etc. It's pretty cool stuff that I never really considered before.

I kept having this problem of, "I'm wasting time, I don't feel productive, I should be going out looking for a gf, etc." but now I'm just calming down and enjoying the ride of life a bit more before I start this new job. I was monotonously trying to be Veeky Forums by reading mind-numbing philosophy and shit like that. But, there's more to life than that. I'll worry about all that more when I go back to uni under my new position.

Peace brothers, we're all gonna make it. I'm 25 if that means anything.

Also, what're you guys reading lately? We need more /fitlit/ around here anyways.

I'm just trying to get into a habit of actually studying for my exams. I mean they're 2 years away but I want the top grades.

Also trying to talk to a grill I 'know' because I spilled to someone while I was wasted that I liked her so it's pretty much a race against time to get her before she finds out I guess.

I'll probably pick up a paintbrush and then put it down again and wonder if I really have lost my passion for art. Maybe I'll read and finally start learning to cook Italian food.

But School and Social life have pretty much wiped out all my hobbies right now.

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sometimes /wg/ has a thread about reclaiming your manhood or whatever that's filled with the 3d+VHS effect and some text over marble statues

shit idfk how to crosslink

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One day we'll have /fitlitpol/, until then we will have retardation.

I'm doing my first ever achievement run for Civ BE, I hardly ever play any games but Civ with my friend who moved away from me now so it's how we keep in touch. Just hopping on every Sunday with a goal in mind has got us talking a lot more again which is great.

I'm reading Aristotle's Nicomachaean Ethics. It's a bit hard going but i'm sure it will be worth it.

I'd also really recommend Discourses by Epictetus, that books sorted my brain out like magic.

good shit. i'm reading Ashley Vance's biography of Elon Musk

Nice, what are you programming and how much experience do you have?

i'm at the most Veeky Forums uni in my country and have been going to the gym here for a bit now, loving it. i've stayed on top of my nutrition for the most part which i'm happy about but it's sad saying i'm not in any official sports teams

i'm probably going to join the lifesaving society (basically swimming with obstacles and first aid etc), seems sociable and will keep me doing cardio

man is marple, he mjust carbe out figure with help of willpwer, so he am musel just like statue god of grece

I'm reading Notes from Underground, then once I'm done with that I'm really looking forward to reading Summa Theologicae. I got it on my e-reader but it's a difficult format for something this dense, so I got it physical and I'm looking forward to it. Also, has anyone ready Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky? I picked it up from the library and I've heard pretty good things about it.

The other guys are right, listen to them. Also don't try to get a bigger dick. 6 inches is great. Take it from a 7.7 guy, it's not a pro. I have to order custom sized rubbers (OTC ones don't fit) and your dick size doesn't mean anything until you have a girl on it. Focus on getting to that point instead.

If there isn't a /SIG/ on /POL/ why not make one? Fuck those commie faggot mods.

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>Getting mad at someone else for not conforming their idea into your ideal

Loser for life detected

Recently decided on a new skincare routine i was linked from Veeky Forums and its going really well (cleanser>exfoliator every second day>toner>moisturizer)

Otherwise im going on a date for the first time in months.

Alright anons, dietary intakes aside, I plan to try and increase my resistance since I cant even run two kilometers, anyone have any advice except running daily for decent distances? Breathing techniques, alternate exercises, anything, Im all ears, any techniques you can teach a user are apreciated, in just about anything, local gyms are just too shady to consider.

Anyone here into homesteading/sustainability? I already recycle all my paper, plastic [bottles and bags], and cans and glass, and I tend to try and live pretty ascetically/frugally. The only problem I'm having trouble with that is drinking and my diet. I'm trying to cut down on drinking, but although I'm eating under maintenance calories (on a cut) I still eat mostly like a garbage truck and tend to end up pigging out on the weekends (usually when I drink and smoke extra weed) and fucking up and GAINING weight. Long story short, I went from 340 to 188 and bounced back to about 210 over the summer (hit 188 in june) and anyway, how do ya'll stick to a mostly clean and frugal diet? I'd love to be able to get this "skill" under my belt, for my health.

Wow that was a horrible tangent.

What're some cheap Veeky Forums hobbies I can get?

I've been playing Piano for ~15 years, so it's something I do to relax, but I need something active and cheap to do. Nature trails are pretty fun, but it gets kind of boring walking the same ones over and over, and I can't afford the gas to drive out too far just to take a walk. I live near the ocean, but I hate swimming in the sea.

>work in business marketing at a crossfit gym
>get to work out while workinvg
>researching mewing, whitening teeth
>trying to do a mini bulk for the winter, but i cancelled my gym membership so i can only do the class workouts (Which are good but they don't focus on anything) and small sets of olympic lifts
>Bought Evola, now trying to buy more marketing/philosophy/obscure knowledge books
>learning mandarin (occasionally, ive been slacking)
>thinking of starting a company with a friend
>sold all my old shit that i dont need
Am i gonna make it?

You gotta believe, though everything but the company stuff doesnt look so bad, just need to kbow what the company is about to know if its good or not.

How do I get good memory?
I feel like im going insane my memory is deteriorating like crazy, things are dissappearing and I cant find them never again which fucks me in the ass at university.

its not a meme gym, for example todays workout was do 3x5 max diddlys followed by 10 calories on the rower

>Cirno

Sounds good to me user, good luck.

I try to keep my diet under decent control, i always cook my own food. Try not to shop hungry, make alot of food when you cook so you have a nice lunch/dinner for those tiresome days.

Have some easy shit to cook at home aswell, beans, tuna, veggies to stirfry, oatmeal, quark, just fucking stockpile decent healthy shit that you eat when you're feeling the craves.

Working for me atleast, maintaining/slightly bulking right now but never going out of control and im making gains so good luck man, we're all gonna make it.

This week is the first week of no video games and working on selling my gaming computer. I've shown I cant control myself and its got to go. As for hobbies I have to start reading, I cant even remember the last book I read its been probably close to 5 years since I read a book

How do I improve my dick? I've not had morning wood in years. Not kidding, I couldn't tell you the last time I woke up with even a semi. I don't even get hard anymore, just semi erect. When I was 18, I remember having a big hard dick, it was good. I remember being 7" measuring with a tape measure and against TV remotes and monster energy cans.

Now, I'm 28 and like I said I can't even get hard to anything. I can't hold a towel on my dick, it's pathetic.

What do? Any non meme responses?

Improve your diet.

Not sure man, good sleep habits, diet and exercise, cold showers, no porn. You know all this though. Might be a state of mind, do something new that you've always wanted?
Once i started feeling more active in my daily routine, i could fuck harder then ever before.

Cheers for the reply. Like I said, no meme replies. I've been eating very well for the past 4-5 months. No alcohol, no somkes, nothing. Take multi every day, lift, cardio, blah blah blah.

I'll be honest, I'm afraid on going to the docs. I don't want them to say I've got some fucking illness.. but at this point it looks like something is not right.

Don't fap as often. Try every other day or less.

Newfag.

I recently got a new job, Veeky Forums

I'll be working 12 hour days, 12 on and 2 off. An hour to work both ways means I'm up at 5 am and home at 8pm, then in bed at 9pm for a full 8 hours of sleep.

Any suggestions on how I can stay Veeky Forums doing this? I'm going to have zero time to work out or pursue hobbies, and even meal prep will be tough so I'll probably end up eating lots of fast food.

Still, $4,000 a paycheck will be sweeet

Stoicism is awesome. Blitzed on it earlier this year. It’s done wonders for how I handle job stress.

Here's some stuff that helped me fix my lack of boners:

Drinking copious amounts of water
10 minutes of sun exposure in the morning
Eating peanuts
Sleeping and waking up early
Noporn (nofap is a meme)
Reduce my caloric deficit from 700 to 500
Meditation (I'd say anxiety and stress are my #1 boner killers, this helps a ton)

And since you're on fit, I assume you're already lifting.

>Lose 2 kg
>Feel good about myself
>Old friend is in town
>Eat 2 burgers and mcdonalds
F-fuck, am I ever gonna make it

>parents are high IQ white trash (father) and low-iq middle class who thinks she is better than she is (mother)
>constantly engage in self-destructive behavior and refuse to take care of themselves
>constantly do stupid shit to harm their children but cry when pointed out because they think they're doing the right thing
>brother and i end up with mental problems
>brother is now 24 and plays video games all day, never leaves the house
>i ended up with severe depression, dropped out of hs, almost killed myself, spent 18 months completely housebound, massively obese (330lb) and agoraphobic
>kill myself for 5years straight to get my life to a normal place (normal social skills, friends, college degree, job, not obese)
>get everything pulled out from under me in a year (lose gf, sociopath roommate, job goes to shit as ambitious coworker takes leadership of a project and uses me as a scapegoat while driving it into the ground, lost entire friend group and had family move across the country in the year prior so i have no support group)

i want to be stoic and actually i'm a stoic person by nature, as in my base instinctual self is stoic. and i try to develop that stoicism to even greater heights because there is no mastery here, only learning.

BUT

i have never once received respect from someone else for my stoicism, not even a 'wow' in fact, people take advantage of my stoicism as they perceive it to be a weakness. i understand that this lack of appreciation is almost a meta stoicism and revel in it but it's an area i need to work on.

but i have begun to act like a normal person on purpose even though i don't want to just to fit in and get respect from others since no one appreciates a stoic.

how do you guys handle this? have others noticed your stoicism? have you received any appreciation? i would gladly play ball with someone who is also practicing stoicism but idk if it's worth playing with those who aren't even trying.

Because stoicism is a fucking meme you retard and it's unhealthy

>have mental breakdown and move back in with parents in new location
>start working remote full-time at the same job, don't request permission but dgaf if i get let go so they don't stop me
>mom follows me around the house screaming at me for using the wrong towel when i shower or using the kitchen
>hate life
>no friends
>no connection to area i live in
>don't know anyone or anything to do
>stress levels high all the time
>spend hours a day masturbating and thinking of every mistake i made in life and wanting to kill myself
>worked 20x harder than anyone i know to have my life still end up filled with useless bullshit
why/what do

i'm beginning to think so too.
people are always saying that ratting people out is bad that whining is bad but i see popular 'cool' guys doing both all the time. everyone is constantly complaining about everything and yet they still receive respect from others. i'm beginning to think i should be complaining about stuff.
i honestly don't want to complain, it's my nature to just weather tough shit but it's not getting me real world results

>stoicism
>wanting anything from other people

Theres ur problem m8

Get back on the horse user, there's nothing else to do.

Are you in high school?

officefag here, stop being "stoic" and start blasting out stupid ass public relations talk where you politely blame anyone who does anything that slightly inconveniences you unless you want to kill yourself. people are a combination of failure, shortsightedness, and low-level sociopathy many environments

you're right that my desire for other people's respect and love is anti-stoic i should just revel in its absence

no i work in a kitchen

No, you should expect less from others and more from yourself. Learn to live without the admiration and respect from other people, because you're never going to win over others.

Most people are only happy when they see someone else fail. The only winning move is not to play

If you don't complain at all it's the same as if all you do is complain; people will just see you as "off" if you do the former. Everything in moderation, it's ok to complain sometimes and makes you seem more relatable and human to others, like, you make mistakes too. Just, like I said, don't complain all the time or you will just be seen as annoying.

You need a big stick

Nobody is impressed by a calm and collected man if they think you have no other option

Why don't you control yourself instead of making stupid decisions?

except that i've heard some of my coworkers complain about a coworker who complains all the time and yet when they're in the same room they still show respect to each other and get invited out to parties etc. so even annoying people are liked by others.

Not the guy you were talking too but I'm curious to know how you'd go about showing the presence of said 'big stick' while maintaining a cool and collected mindset

i lost 20 pounds because of a bad breakup and family stress. I'm at uni now and it feels good to be alone. I've started reading occult teachings and the poetic edda along with some Nietzsche. I've started meditating and becoming super mindful of my thoughts and posture. I got into Mewing and yoga and started waking up at 5am again. I've realized i wasted a lot of my life being sad and being afraid of doing things. I feel like I'm finally becoming a Man and i think i'm on a really good path.