/SIG/ Self-Improvement General

I'm juggling through a re-watch of NGE, Darling in the Frankxx and DBS, I got the Trigun dvd set so I'm looking forward to watching the series

shippuden is great
I am currently watching seven deadly sins, saw nura rise of the yokai a couple days ago, kakegurui ( a gambling anime) kuromukuro (a gundom like anime) and of course Super and one piece weekly.

As you can tell I spend too much time watching Anime

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll definitely do some studying up for the ASVAB in the next couple of weeks then. Anything I should know if I go down that path?

Whats NGE? i tried getting into trigun after i saw champloo but idk why i didnt get into it.

Neon Genesis Evangelion

you're on Veeky Forums dude

Kys fgt

score high on the ASVAB, it'll keep doors open to you. AND DO SOMETHING OPERATIONAL. if you join the armed services, do some shit you can't do as a civilian. even if that means training and going to very hard schools. i'm biased, i really like the coast guard, 99% of the other branches seem extremely boring to me when i see what they actually do most the time.

Recommend me some /sig/ books

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[14] And yet, while there is only the one thing we can care for and devote ourselves to, we choose instead to care about and attach ourselves to a score of others: to our bodies, to our property, to our family, friends and slaves. [15] And, being attached to many things, we are weighed down and dragged along with them. [16] If the weather keeps us from travelling, we sit down, fret, and keep asking, ‘Which way is the wind blowing?’ ‘From the north.’ ‘That’s no good. When will it blow from the west?’ ‘When it wants to, or rather when Aeolus wants it to; because God put Aeolus in charge of the winds, not you.’ [17] What should we do then? Make the best use of what is in our power, and treat the rest in accordance with its nature. And what is its nature? However God decides.
[18] ‘Must I be beheaded now, and alone?’ Well, do you want everyone to be beheaded just because misery loves company? [19] Why not hold out your neck the way Lateranus did at Rome, when condemned by Nero to be beheaded? He held out his neck willingly to take the blow – but the blow was deficient, so he recoiled a bit, but then had enough self-command to offer his neck a second time. [20] And prior to that, when Epaphroditus, Nero’s freedman, approached a certain man and asked him about the grounds of his offence, he replied, ‘If I want anything, I will tell it to your master.’1
[21] What should we have ready at hand in a situation like this? The knowledge of what is mine and what is not mine, what I can and cannot do. [22] I must die. But must I die bawling? I must be put in chains – but moaning and groaning too? I must be exiled; but is there anything to keep me from going with a smile, calm and self-composed?

I shit my pants today because I was bored. I’m 48 years old.

I live for comfort, I can’t escape, I am too weak. Please kill me.

I flushed my weed down the toilet this morning. Wish me luck bois.

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>What have you done to improve your life today?
Had a fulfilling gym day! I tried running two minutes after every 3 sets.
>What is your plan for the weekend?
I want to go for a run this coming Saturday.
>What do you want to work on?
Schoolwork, consistency.
>What are you proud of this week?
I downloaded an app to track my macros and so far so good!

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you can do it user!

set up my home gym today

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>What have you done to improve your life today?
Bought a plane ticket back home after traveling for a bit over a year. Already have employment lined up.
>What is your plan for the weekend?
Nothing at all.
>What do you want to work on?
Getting to do one pullup, and arranging for beginning at a trade school once I return home.
>What are you proud of this week?
Finally realizing that I've reached the point of my travels where I should head back home.

>What have you done to improve your life today?
Went to class, going to work out later
>What is your plan for the weekend?
Probably hang out with gf, if I still have a gf
>What do you want to work on?
My writing and my body
>What are you proud of this week?
A girl noticed my weightloss and gains

I'm trying to learn applied statistics because I don't want to be a code monkey but school is taking 70 hours each week because I'm taking 5 ridiculously hard courses this semester.

My grades last semester were alright.

I'm reading literature. This has been a huge change for me, and it's proven to be a great means to improve my vocabulary.

I'm applying to software developer jobs but most of them have rejected me based off of my time availability. I would say I'm qualified. Unfortunately, everyone's trying to hire for June but I'm done school by August.

My girlfriend's having some issues with me. Unfortunately, she was yelling at me today and she struck a nerve. It made me break down and cry, and I let her know why it bothered me. I really have trouble not breaking down around her. Any advice?

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Recently found a quality body weight exercise routine that gives me more freedom to work out.

This week I plan on submitting a poem to a contest and finishing up a few paintings lingering around. This weekend I plan on starting a short story.

what's your setup?

>Unfortunately, she was yelling at me today and she struck a nerve.
Are you me? This use to happen a lot between me and my ex. It’s good that you let her know how you felt. I did the opposite and kept it bottled up until it became a serious problem. What was the nerve she struck, you do don’t mind my asking?

As far as general advice on that goes, I don’t know exactly what to tell you. Me and my ex would get into fights and now I’m single, so take that for what it’s worth.

Back in 2010 I went through a big breakup with the "love of my life". Instead of getting depressed I dropped a 100lb, got new circle of friends, and met my now wife (who has remained a hottie through pregnancy).

Im now a dad with a comfy office job. The job, the predictability of day to day life, the monotonous is getting to me. I'm starting to put weight back on, but I cant just drastically drop everything and radically change my day to day life the way I did almost 10 years ago. My work is soul crushing, and financially I'm "just surviving". Not as strong as I was, and now I have chronic aches and pains setting in.

What can I / should I do bros?

>What have you done to improve your life today?
Didnt smoke, used my bike to get to work, skipped breakfast and had only a small piece for lunch.
>What is your plan for the weekend?
Work on saturday
>What do you want to work on?
Not being bored out of my mind when I'm done with the daily chores.
I dunno, there is nothing that entertains me anymore.
I crave weed/alcohol/speed to cure my boredom, which, when i give in, makes it harder to not be bored in sobriety...
>What are you proud of this week?
Worked this saturday, didnt pig out too much at a birthday.
Cleaned my flat.
Did cardio everyday in addition to lifzing and cutting.
Fucked my gf silly

I forgot, i have been sober the entire week.
Usually I rotate weed/alcohol

How to deal with my latent alcoholism m8s?
I can be sober for a month but then I get used to it and realize its nothing special and Im falling back into binge drinking EOD.
I want to get off of that ride.

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>NoFap
>NoPorn
>NoDrugs
>NoGambling
>Gym
>Cold showers
>Wim Hof method
>Meditation
>Healthy eating
>Learning a second language
>Learning programming

I don't do NoAlcohol because I'm not really a drinker; I only drink if I go out with friends which is never more than once per week.

So like the second post I feel disgusted of myself.

I have a nice gf, many many friends, decent money for a student, many abilities etc., but last 6 months or more I gained fat. I am know at the highest weight I ever had (130kg for 193cm) and want to start a keto period, that will help me get back my selfdiscipline, a good weight and getting fit again.

Can anybody give me a healthy plan for daily meals? In my last phase my maindishes were paranuts, fish and red meat, coconutmilk

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>What have you done to improve your life today?
Went to the gym. It's early so not much else.
>What is your plan for the weekend?
Work work work I have so many projects rn.
>What do you want to work on?
My school projects that need to get done.
Also not eating like a fatass.
>What are you proud of this week?
I talked to a girl in a bar. That was nice. I felt my face turn beat red and I went back to watching the game but baby steps.

>>What have you done to improve your life today?
I'm reading the SIG...
>>What is your plan for the weekend?
Try to pretend I'm not being NEET.
>>What do you want to work on?
The wanting to. And getting a job and further study, fitness, mind, finances, developing skills, pretty much everything.
>>What are you proud of this week?
I didn't jump off that lookout.

Surrounded by psychopaths / surrounded by idiots.

Both of them worth the read. Hard mode is to use it not to see only flaws in others but apply to yourself.

Get to the gym at least 3 days a week. Even if it's for 20 min during lunch break do use the treadmill or something. Also find a hobby like writing or painting or woodworking or something constructive/creative for even an hour or two a week.

>>What have you done to improve your life today?
Had a good workout after being off for a week. Getting started on work again after spring break.
>>What is your plan for the weekend?
Gonna go see Black Panther with a girl I've been seeing and hopefully get her back to my apartment.
>>What do you want to work on?
A project for the CS class I've been taking. Been getting shit on grade-wise so I want to turn things around as much as possible.
>>What are you proud of this week?
Nothing yet. Hoping to change that.

promotes growth/self-exploration and can be a lot of fun.

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Does anyone have any of those 'vapour wave' style motivational pictures?

Congrats on not killing yourself man, keep it up

tfw doing the bare minimum on everything, room is messy, haven't even packed up from cooking and its past 1am here. I wish I had broader shoulders for a heavier load.

>What have you done to improve your life today?
Keeping up with supplementing Vit D3 and my training. Also started nofap, gonna see how that one works out.
>What is your plan for the weekend?
Doing LSD
>What do you want to on?
Getting A E S T H E T I C
>What are you proud of this week?
That I haven`t done anything to be ashamed off (yet)

I didn`t drink even a beer ever since I binged once on eastern european Absinth.

>What have you done to improve your life today?

Nothing so far, finishing my coffe to clean the kitchen and tidy up the room a bit, my girl will be back in an hour and I wanna cook up something nice before she's here.

>What is your plan for the weekend?
Wanna go out for brunch with a friend, starting new job on Monday so will probably prepare for that, iron some shirts and so.

>What do you want to work on?

My post-graduate thesis, I already extended for two semesters, and it's hight time I finish it. Can't seem to sit down to it though.

>What are you proud of this week?
It's the first day of the week so nothing so far, hopefully I ll be proud of handling everything related to my new work by Monday and starting my new lifting program by the end of the week.

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Lost 22lbs of fat since January.
I wish I had sig friends irl.

learning spaghetti language w/ rocket italian
finished a 102 hour fast to melt last remnants of bodyfat off last week, now im bulking its the greatest shit
getting back into singing and guitar playing
i need to work on not procrastinating i still cant figure this shit out send help

go to the /fast/ general and melt that lard off ASAP

>What have you done to improve your life today?
I made sure to eat a big breakfast which will help bulking
>What is your plan for the weekend?
I'm supposed to go hiking with this one girl I like which should be fun
>What do you want to work on?
talking to bitches, I have a whole new game plan I'm ready to try out this week
>What are you proud of this week?
my arms and chest are noticeably bigger, won't be long before i'm ottermode

My advice is to take responsibility for her if you're serious about her. She shouldn't be yelling at you, and you shouldn't let her.

When my wife ( who is very emotional) used to yell at me all the time I used to make the mistake of treating her like an equal, or like a man, essentially. That doesn't work because she is not precisely an equal in that she's a woman.

You need to wait for the shouting to stop and make it clear that you're not having a shouting fight. Then, break down what she's upset about and stumble toward what you need to do to make the situation better or make her feel better.

I am a great breadwinner and I care very much for my wife and family. Sometimes though, I fall short in that I don't show my wife I appreciate her, or that I care about how she's feeling about something, or I'm not paying her enough attention. If your girl is like mine she wants to spend all her time around me talking to me and wants me to give a shit (while still being a man). Look to what you can do to make the situation better. If you're not willing to do it you have 2 options: 1) grow the hell up and figure out how to do it or 2) you need to break it off.

Talking about getting yelled at like it's a regular thing for you as a couple is a sign of your own failing. Go sort it out so that it doesn't spiral you two into the ground

>What have you done to improve your life today?
Read a good paper, planned workouts for the first 4 weeks of my competition prep.

>What is your plan for the weekend?
Relax, play video games, heavy lifting session.

>What do you want to work on?
I need to do some serious work on the paper I am writing atm, and some data analysis for said paper.

>What are you proud of this week?
I got into the PhD program and lab that I was hoping to. Probably will get an additional $10k scholarship for my first year.
Also, PR 136kg clean and jerk and 241kg total. This is directly off a strength/hypertrophy block and my lifts aren't dialed in. Come my meet, I think 115/140 are good targets.

Gz on PhD what field?

Systems and behavioral neuroscience.

watch Kaiji to piece of shit.

>What have you done to improve your life today?
reconisiderd my friendships with weak people whose sole aim is having enough pot to not need to think about anything else. I also lifted.
>What is your plan for the weekend?
Avoid those "friends" bar the three good ones and go out to the countryside and work on my painting.
>What do you want to work on?
Improving my painting technique so I can finally make cool pictures with quotes on them which are important to me.
>What are you proud of this week?
I've began cutting the deadweight/druggy people out of my life who will drag me down into a perpetual circle of unhappiness with them. Drugs and selfishness have trumped friendship with some people I considered good friends in the past. It's a little painful but I need to ostracise myself from them for my own long term good

To quote Nietzsche on achievement: "You must first want to burn yourself in your own flames. How do you wish to be renewed if you have not first become ashes?"

change takes time and willpower. I recommend you to begin changing your habits little by little. The first week clean your room and try to keep it tidy everyday. then on the next one try to fix your sleep schedule, or something similar. go from simple to complex.

>"You must first want to burn yourself in your own flames. How do you wish to be renewed if you have not first become ashes?
Thanks for this.

>>What have you done to improve your life today?
I bested my urge to not go to the gym.
>>What is your plan for the weekend?
check dancing videos. i really need to learn how to propperly dance, but don´t have the money right now to join some class.
>>What do you want to work on?
Learning french
>>What are you proud of this week?
i think i´m faster on the bike. Its not much, but its something.

>>What have you done to improve your life today?
Read a bit, and played basketball for an hour.
> >What is your plan for the weekend?
Reading, playing basketball, studying, socializing, and watching a film or two.
> >What do you want to work on?
Myself. I'm mostly plagued by procrastination, and the fact that I can't keep my cool when someone provokes me. I need to develop a thicker skin for bullshit coming my way, since I always care, therefore, lose.
>>What are you proud of this week?
My jumpers improved, and my stamina increased.

Never in my life have I been able to do that, despite wanting to.

>Lifting consistently, counting calories
>Going to bed earlier
>Doing well in school
>Stopped smoking pot and drinking
>Nofap/Noporn
>Starting to work on music more

Yet,
>Social life is a trainwreck
>Have no friends

No matter what I do to improve myself, it seems nobody can look past my appearance and they contemptuously see me as nothing but a skinnyfat loser who would only cramp their style if they were to associate with me. I feel like I've lost the ability to connect with people. The only recreation most people have my age is drinking and partying, but I'm not interested in any of that. I don't even give a shit about getting a gf, I just want some friends with similar hobbies. I fucking hate sitting in my apartment alone all weekend. Where can I meet people with similar interests as me?

JUST IN: SIT-UPS EAT ASS
they don't work your lower abs properly, and they engage a muscle in the leg that they shouldn't
>do crunches (for upper abs) and elbow-to-knee crunches (for lower abs instead) instead
(pic related)

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Worked out, had a good meal and now I'm getting ready to do some meditation to ease up studying. These past few weeks have been very productive and I haven't felt this good in years. It took me a lot of time to sort myself out but I'm finally doing it. And it's all thanks to Veeky Forums.

Today I am 38 days completely free of dip tobacky & alcohol. I have been running and lifting daily for the past 3 weeks. Today I ran 2.5 miles in 19 minutes on a hilly route. Hitting the gym in an hour to do legs and chest. Come home and take an ice bath to get the legs fresh. I'm looking for a part time job. I plan on enrolling in community college in the fall. In the meantime I'm going to work sparingly and get in the best shape I can push myself into. When I go back to school I want to try to walk onto the basketball & baseball team. Haven't played since high school and still have all my eligibility.

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hamilton.net.au/nietzsche/zarathustra/zara027.html

It's from a very short chapter in "Thus spake Zarathustra." I'm reading it in German so my translation may be different.

He basically talks about how making big changes in your life and trying to improve yourself pisses off those around you and can make you lonely. (Lose a load of weight and see how subconsciously pissed off people get about it)

He argues to embrace the loneliness as you giving yourself the tough love only one who truly loves can give because it is ultimately for the better.
(Something I'm sure Sudanese line dancing appreciation symposium board members can understand)

Been meaning to get to Nietzsche for quite a while now, currently reading The Birth Of Tragedy and I plan to slowly work my way through his work.

I can't vouch for NoFap or NoPorn but otherwise these are all great choices, so good luck.

If you want a tip with language learning, download a flashcard app like Anki and get a frequency dictionary. This really helped me to learn english, german and french, because I didn't always feel like studying grammar and I didn't always have the time to, so that was an easy and quick way to see some progress everyday no matter what.

Glad to know senpai, keep it up

I want to be more than I am now.

Cold Showers, holy shit they actually work.

I squatted 300 pounds for the first time today. I am 24, and have wanted to get over 300 since I was a 14 year old scrub on the HS football team. Started seriously lifting back in November of last year. I got way below parallel. I could have probably put up 315.

My weekend plan is to go to a show with this girl who I want to date. Also plan on watching anime.

I want to keep studying for the professional geologist exam that I am taking on Friday.

bud yogo and animu cannod be liveted :-DDD

>What have you done to improve your life today?
Gym. Still NoFap. Asked for a spot at the gym for bench (I never talk to people at the gym)
>What is your plan for the weekend?
Hit up some roasties on Tinder, still live with parents which makes this difficult.
>What do you want to work on?
Social interaction. I ghosted all my old friends from highschool and freshmen year in college, need to get back on the wagon.
>What are you proud of this week?
NoFap for 11 days, hit new PRs on several compounds.

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there's fashwave on /wg/

>studying a second language (2-5 hours a day)
>trying to get a better job (should accomplish within a month or month and a half)
>moving downtown to own apartment (within 2 months)(need job first, current job is part time but okay hourly, not enough pay to qualify for apartment aps)
>want to take a martial art (location is downtown, inconvenient from here but will sign up when I move over there)
>can join several sports groups once I move as well, would take 2 hours to get there from here
>trying to get an apartment with an in-house gym and pool so when I don't feel like going out of the building I can still work out
>getting rid of possessions that no longer are needed (half prep for moving, half because I hate owning useless things)
>getting my finances and paperwork cleaned up

>Wim Hof Method
The full, paid deal? Or is there a free version somewhere that is just as useful?

nigga wut

1. Taken the day off to help my sanity. I started a business and had to move for a major client. Also just started my Masters in Engineering.

2. Brush up on Differential Equations. Also will probably read up on Brownian Motion. Client should be okay unless employee fucks up.

3. Beating BOTW today and lift tomorrow. Today's rest day.

4. That I'm Alive. Seriously, the stress is awful.

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Good luck, in the toughest times, remember why you made this post for

How to not cum as fast or how to recover quicker to go again? If I get into hot foreplay for a bit, I wil cum in literally 10 second after putting my dick into my gf pussy. I don’t jack off or watch porn though so I don’t wanna edge to help with it.

I've found courses super boring. Find an easy project to work on a learn through experience. It sounds daunting but making a video game in something like Unreal Engine is a great way to learn, assuming you're into C++. Just find a project and work on that, experience is the best way to learn IMO

Do pomodoro. The biggest mistake people make when they try to study is the, “I’m just going to sitdown and Study for a bit” idea. Set aside 50 minutes or so and Study in 25 minute intervals

>almost done with chemical engineering degree
>no experience
>no job prospects in sight
what do i do bros... it was a struggle staying in, now it'll be a struggle when i come out...

What's your GPA?

in my country we use only percent
so my GPA is around 65

I have no idea what that is.

What do you usually make in courses? C's? B's?

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C's (60%s) and occasionally B's (70%s)
very rare to get high marks

That's a 2.5 GPA. Straight A's is 4.0. B is 3.0. C is 2.0.

Just want to say that I failed with nofap today.
But I saw a hot thot on chaturbate, so its not all bad.

>What have you done to improve your life today?
After work I went to play football (soccer) with good, old friends.
>What is your plan for the weekend?
Visiting Transylvania with friends, mostly hiking and sightseeing.
>What do you want to work on?
Trying to cut gaming, porn and fap addiction.
>What are you proud of this week?
Being mired at work for the first time ever despite not working out for 3 months.

There is a free version on piratebay....

>What have you done to improve your life today?
Read books and worked on articulating my past emotions
>What is your plan for the weekend?
Anime, cooking fat meals and some more reading. Maybe a cheeky bit of vidya.
>What do you want to work on?
My programming knowledge, I really want to understand and be able to use it in-depth but I haven't grasped the concept.
>What are you proud of this week?
Week just started so, my new bench PR?

>What have you done to improve your life today?
Booked a doctors appointment for this afternoon.
>What is your plan for the weekend?
Working... Hospitality.
>What do you want to work on?
Waking up earlier, obtaining a flat stomach.
>What are you proud of this week?
I've been cooking for myself a lot more this week.

So I uhh.... got carried away with sexting this chick and now she wants me to creampie her on Thursday.

Smart me would avoid unprotected sex with stranger but damn she fine.

Please send help.

Don't know where to post so gonna post it in here

I'm 22 and my GF is 17. I've met her parents and they think I'm 20. Most of the time when I see her I just go round to hers, we fuck cuddle eat pizza etc all the good shit

Problem is recently she's been harping on about meeting my parents, and her parents have been asking questions as to why she hasn't met mine yet (it's been 6 months).

Problem is she won't lie about her age so I don't really feel ok about her meeting them, but tonight she got really upset and now I don't know what to do. Can this just not work out? (btw 17yo is legal where I live)