/SIG/ - Self Improvement General

not even baby steps, cutting vidya and reading 1h are both pretty big to make a routine of. Good job famalam

>finish writing my album by halloween
>continue learning guitar
>get my questcape in osrs so i can leave this meme game at long last
>maintain discipline on my cut. was 177 may, 157 now, and have to be 153ish by november 17
>get laid halloween

gonna make it

Good on you user.

>german
>guitar
>gym
>muay thai
>machine learning
>meditation
>uni related work

I have been doing this stuff pretty much lately
But nowadays times are tight and I'm getting kinda shaky and a bit stressed
For example today I have wasted almost half of the day instead of studying, and I still am
And this has always happened to me in my life, I think I might have some stress problem
It's getting much better though, meditation and buddhism combined with stoic principles really help
Hopefully one day I will be completely immune to outside events and won't be affected by them

Running the 8:16 IF and nofap/noporn God tier combo.

A lot of downtime at work so teaching myself full stack web dev.

Outside of that, BJJ, Russian lit, hanging with the lads, dating scene.

Pretty easy so far. Enjoying it. We're gonna make it.

50 pushups is hard as fuck if you don't train for it honestly. My last max effort bench was 275x7 and there's no fucking way i could do 50 pushups.

who has done self-authoring that can break it down for me? because >tfw poorfag

I want to be better at everything, but I feel just feel different shades of sad and miserable. My casual German studies are at a standstill, since I realized learning German will never help getting into a really good university which originally was the plan. I've gotten back into reading literature though which I think will do wonders for my head. I feel like I've just been getting slower and dumber these last 3 years. That might just be the ever increasing anxiety and self doubt admittedly.

For the last 6 months I've been working night shifts at my new job. This makes it hard to keep up with the few reliable friends I have, and I have for the most part failed in entering the company culture on a social level. There are a few whose company I enjoy and have made decent friends with, but the vast majority probably just see me as that asocial weirdo. It all amounts to me getting increasingly lonely and withdrawing myself into my own head. When I try to be more social, which hasn't always been such a problem for me, it feels so unnatural that I have to actively force it. A few people seem to just treat me with contempt no matter how I approach them. I assume this is because they already have their own set idea of what kind of person I am, since these people do well with others.

I want to point out that my workplace isn't bad. It's actually a great environment to be in but I'm such a miserable loner regardless. I like to think that I have been in a much worse state before, but the torrents of anxiety that have struck me a few times the last weeks are something new. I mean thinking a bit too much about death is business as usual, but being reduced to a tragic pile of feelings capable only of crying and screaming, that's new. A satisfying release occurred to me after the worst time though, so maybe it is in fact healthy, but whatever. And lest we forget...

>tfw no gf

I'm going to get my backlogue of assignments completed well in advance and not last minute and start studying outside of school for the first time in my life, maybe start out with 20 mins to keep it reasonable and then build up.

I'm going to talk to that girl and let her down gently because I don't want her getting inbetween me and my friend.

I'm going to only drink on the weekends instead of partying every day.

I'm going to get back into my routine of working out and learning Irish every day and not let this long weekend off totally fuck my routine up.

I have no idea apart from that, I cleaned my room and living room up today which was my only actual goal honestly. But I'll write those ones down and stick to them I guess.

Go start the work now user, we both know you'll just sit here all night and cram it before class otherwise. You know it's not that bad/boring once you get it started anyway and it's actually productive instead of sitting there wasting time knowing you'll have to do it anyway.

I'm sat here doing this between sets with an assignment for next week that I haven't even started so I'm hardly practising what I preach but just go do it and get it out the way.

Make sure your vitamin d levels are in check with night shifts.

And when It comes to social anxiety, no mindset or knowledge will replace exposure therapy. The more you force yourself to interact with people, the less awkward it will get and soon you'll find yourself interacting with those around you.

You just need to fucking do it all the time. Acknowledge everyone and try to make their day better.

Took semester off from school. Done nothing but lift, learn drums and work.
Thinking of picking up a second job, learning coding, reading ,and picking up drawing again.

Thanks for the suggestions friend. Yeah I'm definitely getting my vitamins and I'm doing my best to have good sleep habits. Trying to fix the simpler stuff so I can focus on the more complicated things.

>fucked up my cut, drunken binge this weekend, over 6000 kcals
>gonna waterfast MWF + handfuls of peanuts to lose the calories and get back on my cut to 175, I was 206 before the binge, now 213
>gonna skip the gym this week cuz less energy but It'll be my first break week in over a year, figure it might be useful
>ton of work to do for the nonprofit I work for, but it's all doable
>in free time, gonna listen to music and do research for the tabletop rpg I am making
>gonna draw
>gonna meditate (extra in relation to my fast this week)
>cut down on weed usage to conserve
>noporn is working great, only fap 4 times a week (which I think is healthy, erry other day or so)
>Maybe try and read a bit
>I'll try and spend less time on Veeky Forums and do something productive

Just, how do I not binge on the weekends??? It fucks me up every time and I never lose anymore weight.

Doing the same, IF, NF and BJJ. But no social life cos too narcissistic and judgemental

Quit school you obviously have no passion for it

>gonna skip the gym this week cuz less energy but It'll be my first break week in over a year, figure it might be useful
This is a bad idea IMO user, I think you should at the very least go 2-3x and do some light cardio or something. Just something to keep the habit, you know?

>Used to be on Veeky Forums all the time, from about 10' to 15'
>Get a job, car, GF
>lose track of the gym, still go, nowhere near my old stats or body
>break up with GF because don't love her and hate self
>working on Law degree along side FT employment and working out regularly.

Got a lot of self hate currently and missing my ex but don't want to get sucked into that trap and need the old me back.

Missed you guys.

If you're like me then the binging problem is really a drinking one and, while I have not remedied it in myself, I suspect quitting drinking is the only way to go. Currently I just skip eating when I'm drinking and smoke a lotta cigs but that's hardly advice for anyone

I don't think I have to worry, I love going to the gym so a break I think will just make me miss it during this week. Plus, I was thinking of going my regular days (MWF) and just doing less exercises than normal, the big 2 instead of the big two and extra 4 I usually do. Idk, we'll see what happens.

I mean, I'd love to be able to get super drunk and NOT just say fuckit and order and buy a shit ton of food. But idk, I shouldn't be getting super drunk all that often either I guess.

guys i got a call from a job this week and they want to fly me out for a final interview. i think i'm finally making it employment wise. i wont be a degen neet anymore soon.

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Missed you too, user.

>be me, some years ago
>get into engineering
>2dumb4math
>since high-school, been carrying huge algebra holes that make me do awful at every other course
>this goes on for three years
>be current year
>23 year old idiot
>lifting
>waking up early
>reading daily
>finally working on my algebra
>tfw just finished a review with 100 exercises on algebra last night
>feels good

You should join a local sports-club of any kind
But it has to be a team-based sport
With this you will get many social contacts and reliefing activity
My best experience is with rugby (best guys, real men, fit as fuck, really inclusive with rookies, always down for a drink, just the sports-culture)

Nice mah dud
Work pays off

I suffer from pretty bad asthma that the doctors could never treat, so I can't do anything that involves cardio. Also my night and evening shifts prevent me from doing schedule-based afternoon/evening-activities.

I appreciate the suggestion and think what you are saying is a great idea, but it doesn't really work for me.

quitting everything u dont have passion for leads to just sleeping in bed

- Upper / Lower Weight Training Split (ULxULxx) - compound barbell movements, unilateral kettlebell movements, and accessory dumbbell movements
- Run on off days - goal of at least 25 miles per week
- Joe Defranco's Limber 11 + Simple 6 every morning
- Learn proper human nutrition as it pertains to athletic performance instead of following a meme diet (keto, IIFTM, veganism, IF, GOMAD etc...)
- Water is the most anabolic substance on the planet.
- Learn to actually fucking cook.
- Instead of wasting money on supplements you would be better off training and eating consistently for 5 years, placing 100 dollars a month in a savings account, and using the money to hop on gear after those 5 years.
- Wake up at 4:30 am each morning and sleep at 10:30 pm every night - Monday through Friday.
- Quit using and abusing all psychoactive substances.
- Quit watching porn and touching your dick so much.
- Your skin, hair, and teeth are all fixable...fix them.
- Read ~30 books each year - 1 hour each night before bed
- Practice hobbies that enrich your life, teach new skills, or create something of value. Television and video games aren't hobbies. If you are going to keep doing them, limit them to 3 hours on Sundays.
- Get a planner and schedule every hour of your waking life.
- If you're in school, doing shitty, and hate being there then bite the bullet, drop out, and learn a trade. You can always try again in your 30s with better priorities and less debt.
- Delete all your social media...Just trust me on this one ok?...
- Don't get married unless you have fucked at least 30 females and are over the age of 30. Don't marry any female under the age of 24, over the age of 27, or from a single parent family.
- Everyone is depressed, don't be a faggot about it.

And finally...

- Traps, are in fact, gay.

Love you guys

>Gonna be 23 soon
>Still garbage
How does one "make it"?