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Weekly Improvement Thread - Oct 20th

Hello comrades and welcome to the third improvement megathread of October!

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?

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  • This week I tried a new habit where I read at least one page of a book after my afternoon nap. It was a success, I did some reading on 5 days. It worked because I'm reading a non-fiction book that you can read just a few pages and get something out of it. I will try to do this regularly from now on.

    Overall it was a decent week, aside from reading I also did some meditation and went running on 2 days.

    Also, I found a cool website - Open Food Facts - that provides info about food products. It describes how processed the food item is, what is its nutritional quality, how bad is it for the environment and so on.

  • Cleaning my rain gutters before rainy season really kicks off, it's kind of a pain in the ass but getting a bunch of gunk out of there at once is oddly satisfying

    Still haven't handled my finances or renovated my bedroom like I've wanted to for awhile but I think I settled on a new amp head and a

    PC as my treaty-treats for using my booze money getting sober, there's a really affordable lunch box tube head that's perfect for my needs and budget and I only need mid hardware to run the games I want to check out

    • Congrats on the streak!

      For reaching your goal weight, I recommend cronometer.com. It's super easy to track your nutrition because you can easily copy and paste individual items or entire days. It also shows all the macro and micronutrients.

      Btw what games do you want to check out? I got a gamer PC relatively recently so I also started checking out a bunch of games that I couldn't run before.

      • Thanks! Will check that out.

        I'm a big Halo dork and was a console kid and never had a good PC and I wanna get the MCC for the mods and Infinite. Depending on what kinda PC build looks good for the price I can find, maybe something that can run Helldivers 2. Also always kinda wanted to check out Apex Legends since Titanfall is neat but idk if I fuck with battle royales

  • Turns out getting back on the wagon when your heart isn't in it is harder than I thought. I bought a fifth of rum and drank it in 2 days. Life is just kind of miserable and this little bit of escapism helps in a way I need it to. I need to make a whole bunch of changes before not drinking becomes a serious option for the long term and I fear those changes are harder than I can manage. Seeing the absolute depravity of the world and being completely helpless to do anything productive about it sure as fuck doesn't help either. Shit is hard and I just wish I had a reasonable path towards a better future

  • Keeping on, keeping on. Workout routine has more or less stabilized aside from the days were work feels like its a bit more soul crushing than usual

    . Starting to prepare myself to work towards heavylifting. Diet has been so so, definitely could do more to eat healthier, but I've also been eating smaller portions and trying to fast from dinner up until lunch the next day.

  • I've been better at budgeting! I'm managing myself better and staying sober too. My schedule has become more consistent and I'm enjoying the stability

  • I'm on a bit of a down swing (not in a defeatist way, just in a things haven't been going as planned way). My spirit remains bright and steeled but things haven't been too great for ya boy this week. I remain of good cheer and positive mindset most certainly. Also not in the foolish "don't look at the world around you" way, but in the cool "stoic and resolute that I will achieve my goals in the face of adversity, and that adversity makes me stronger if I learn from it" way.

  • Continuing to study for job-related stuff. Going ahead of schedule.

    Have successfully re-learned stuff regarding manifolds and tangent spaces.

    Trying and failing to re-learn assembly.

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