/SIG/ - Self Improvement General

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After 8 hours of work I don't have the energy and motivation to work on my personal project and to read (I sleep 8h/night)

wat do

Drink caffeine.

I'm breaking it off with a girl I've been seeing because she's a lunatic. I really need to now, but I'm too much of a sperg and situations like that make me unbelievably uncomfortable. I'm finally gonna get a part time lab consultant job (in school atm) and I'm gonna watch some anime that's in my backlog for fun. I'm about to go get a PR on bench, wish me luck anons.

Also, I've been trying the proper tongue/jaw posture and I can't go back to holding my jaw the old way. Just holding it this way makes my jawline and chin five times better.

Gf of three years cheated on me last week and it's really spurred me to improve. I'm trying to channel the pain and emotion back into lifting and exercising. I've downloaded a few eBooks and started reading the Myth of Sisyphus too. Been to the gym every day.

The pain is still massive. I can barely eat or sleep, but the gym helps with that too. I'm about to go to the grocery store and pick out some food for the week, so I'm looking forward to that. It's also Halloween weekend and I'm planning on going out with the boys Thursday, Friday, Saturday and even next Tuesday.

That picture is just what I needed. I'm struggling right now, I would lie if I said I didn't want to kill myself right now. I just want the pain gone bros, but it's pain that makes us who we are. I hope I'll find a girl that will love me like I love her one day. I really fucking hope she's out there bros.

It'll get better user. My gf of 6 years cheated on me after I proposed to her and me trying to hold the relationship together financially ruined me. It's been a year since then and I'm hitting the gym harder than I ever have, am in graduate school, and pretty much have the pick of the litter as a late 20s guy that's not already divorced on dating apps. Don't give up and let your sadness move into you and through you. Let yourself be empty and fill the emptiness with self improvement.

That's great news, I'm only 21 but I still feel like my prime days for scoring pussy is over. I partied a ton in first year but wasted the other two. How do you meet girls after university?

I'm 27 now (was dating since 21). Don't party too much, it's not worth it. It's just expensive. I use Bumble and PoF now. If you're fit, have a decent job or are in higher education, and aren't completely socially inept in your mid to late 20s you will absolutely clean up on dating apps. Your mid to late 20s are when all the "professional" women have gotten to their career aspirations and their bodies remind them it's time to settle down. Your prime days of finding a nice girl are only over when you tell yourself they're older. Use this time to get big, get smart, and get happy.

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Thank you so much user, you have no idea how much your words and the words of other anons on this board have helped me throughout the years.

You guys helped me go from a 113lb socially inept kid in high school to a 180lb chad in first year. I had girls walking up to me and asking me to make out with them.

And now, even in my darkest moment, you guys are there to cheer me up and help again. Thanks to you user, I wish you the best. It's time to hit the gym harder than ever and hit the books. I actually just got a 99% on a Transport Phenomena midterm, so I'm killing it there too.

Cheers to you all, we are all gonna make it!

do you fuckers not remember to put the /SIG/ sticky all the time?

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wait but wats wrong with movies

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>stop ignoring your grand parents
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doing all of this and more and my sleep is still terrible

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fuck it

>How are toying to continue to sef improve this week?
Today I’m getting back on my daily meditation. I had a pretty good streak going and then I had one bad session so I think I gave up but I’m pissed at myself that I did. Gonna start again. Also beginning my language study this week, decided I’m gonna slowly teach myself Russian and Chinese. No particular reason other then I think they are cool languages. I realize that learning two languages at a time so I figured I’d try them both out for a week and see which one I seem to enjoy better. Continuing to lift, strained a delt a while ago so staying away from heavy lifts for now, gonna give it 2 more weeks and then get back on it. Finding myself no longer attracted to video games which feels good, feel like my day is so much longer now. Have already gotten so many things done today and got some more to do.
>What are some obstacles you need to overcome?
My want to play video games, I can feel it already starting to wane, that plus my want to browse Veeky Forums. I’m failing right now but just typing this out is convincing me to leave for a while.
>Some things you are looking forward too?
Yeah I’m going home for thanksgiving break in 4 weeks so that feels great. Be able to see my family again.

Rolling as well!

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What constitutes non traditional music

Has anyone fixed their forward posture, and if so, how?

I've tried those YouTube video workouts where you stand straight against a wall and wave your arms but I feel like there should be a better way to reshape your spine.

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Source on pic?

rollerino

What emotional clutter do you have? Do you schedule yourself away from time sucks?

pokemon

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seconding this question
years of pc gaming ruined my posture it feels like ill never get it back to "normal"

Something good

I'll bred music about sex and drugs. Either no words or lyrics about chaditional values.

I don't think mine is fixed entirely but people say I have perfect posture now (was ruined from gaming).

All I did was figure out what the correct posture is and now every time I notice that I have it wrong I just fix it. Repeat forever.

In the beginning I would almost never have the right posture, but now I have to correct it a lot less.

For motivation I notice how fucked up a lot of older people's posture is, or the posture of people that live on their phones.

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Front squat and facepulls

How can I further improve myself bruhs?
> have good job
> have gf
> do sports/gym 5times a week
> financially OK
> can play instrument already
> studying new language
> no other real passions though, but I read a lot of books during commute

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How do I learn to believe in myself?

rollerino lads

Get into art either history or actual skill, if you can afford get into sculpting

start a family

Finally ahead enough in my homework to spend about 3 solid days in lab without distraction. Gonna do just that after I submit a report and develop my presentation...

The depression is still there but my mind isnt fogged at all as of late. For some time I had lost the lucidity I take for granted.

Quit video games months ago. Gonna stop porn, and hopefully stupid youtube videos that arent study music.

Need to start going to class again. The lectures are mind-numbing if I read the material already, but I guess I need socialization in my life. It's pretty fuckin crowded...

These are baby steps for me.

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At least you got friends to go out with.

Reroll because I don’t use social media

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The numbers have spoken. Make a Facebook account, add friends and family, and never use it again.

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>doing my daily cardio
>mix of running and walking
>usually go for an hour but today there was a huge storm coming in
>had to cut it short by five minutes and feel really bummed

Give back to society.

Rolling

take on more in life, carry a bigger load
reduce unnecessary suffering
find out what you actually are passionate about
patch up your messed up family, then community

>zenhabits.net/believe/

First result on google. Here's the tl;dr

"So practice:

Push past your discomfort, growing your discomfort method.
Put yourself out there, and be OK with not knowing if people will accept you.
Stick to a habit, not listening to the negative self-talk that normally holds you back.
Stick to it some more, and learn to trust yourself.
Go into situations not knowing, and learn to be OK with that.
Learn through repeated attempts that it’s OK to fail, that you can be OK in failure.
Learn through repeated experiments that you are stronger than you think, that you are more capable and more tolerant of discomfort than you think.
And in this practice, you will find yourself. And realize that you were great all along."

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Do I have a short attention span or am I just really unmotivated?

I can only write for about 5 minutes before my thoughts start drifting away. It takes days for me to get even the simplest essays done. On the other hand, I can read for hours if I like the book.

I got the diagnosis ADD from my doctor, but I suspect he's just handing them out left and right so I'm not sure if it's genuine.

Broke down completely last week and spent 3 days between wednsday and saturday eating vast amounts of food and sleeping, didn't even go to work. Not sure how/why it happened or what I was thinking, it just did. Trying to figure out what caused it, how to stop it from happening again, and getting back on track with the cut. It had been going well until I started binging on food again today, ate about 1200 above my goal (1800), but I stopped myself from going any further and went on a 2 hour self hatred fueled hard bicycle ride, so I've undone some of the damage, and am more importantly mentally back on track. If I make it through to Monday with no fuckups I'll have made progress and be happy.

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Cheers brother, looks like you're well on your way to making it!

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clean your room, improve air quality

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Also, does anyone have a good squat routine for a beginner?

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Sun rock ken

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anything but booze/drugs

theyre dead

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that sculpture is my desktop

again

Rolando

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Bought another bookshelf last weekend from Ikea, so I can stop having boxes of books. Probably going to get another smaller bookshelf as well, since my other two aren't of high quality.
Also my newest bonsai is in the pic for fun, he doesn't actually live up there.

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Well, let's go

WTF is non-trad music. Re-roll

anything but 5

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gotta start somewhere

Here

nah
can't get pussy without alcohol
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The good:
>Going to gym with total consistency
>Hitting correct calorie count, meal prepping
>Applying for jobs left and right
>Been firearms training with military buddy. Being safe and informed

The Bad:
>Sleep is still fucked. I need to stop browsing Veeky Forums deep into the night
>Live with Mom, so can't buy guns
>No women in my life

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Faggot pol

>>Live with Mom, so can't buy guns
You most certianly can. Just hide them. My mom was ignorant about guns and hated them. When I had to live at home, I just hid my cc pistol in my closet (under a layer of shorts) and my rifle behind my hung-up shirts. Just buy ammo before you go to the range.

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Rolling, no matter what I get I'm ditching social media as well since it's eating into my study time

One last reroll, please not 0

Fuark!