Self-Improvement Thread

>>34796647
>less weed usage

>some fucking junkie piece of shit is trying to tell me what to do
fuck off

>>34796725
we all have something that we can imrove. maybe you can try being less prejudiced

and thanks for bumping my thread, friend. feel free to do it again :^)

> trying to reconnect with old friends who are grills
> trying to do more things that get out of the house
> kickboxing class
> figure drawing class
> going to therapy to try and untangle my own neuroses regarding approaching girls
> working out as much as possible
> trying to restrict drinking to weekends

problems to be overcome:
> miss smoking weed
> roommates smoke weed
> need to commit more time to trying to write music
> need to commit more time to writing
> need to find second job to fill up all this excess time
> mood swings, sometimes I stew in my own bitterness
> overanalyzing my own social behavior too much

>>34796647
>falling for the "self improvement" meme

>buying more scratch off tickets
>getting alchohol tolerance up
>taking naps during the day to help my energy
>jacking off more to get a gf

>>34796647
>less weed too
>workout 6 times a week
>complete all of my assingments for the week
>check email more
>eat better

i think that all right now

>>34796725
>there are weed junkies

K E K
E
K

try living in a place with actual junkies, like crack whores, tweakers and heroine addicts. Pot heads are fucking harmless

Self improvement is a meme and literally impossible, OP

>>34796871
glad to see that you're trying!
therapy is great if you're honest with yourself and your therapist. kickboxing sounds dope!
> miss smoking weed
> roommates smoke weed
try reading about what it does to your brain often. it helps. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3037578/
>>34796894
>falling for the "self-deterioration" meme
>>34796934
anon! you must try harder! you simply must! put down down the booze and get in the gym. spend your money in ways that improve yourself!
>>34797044
good stuff!

>>34797099
>falling for the "self-deterioration" meme
I'd rather not play a game which was rigged against me from the start. But if you want to give it a shot, more power to ya.

>>34796647
don't fall for this meme. i tried to print out OP's picture in front of my entire family to prove that i was going to do better, but all that printed out was a picture of a child with breasts and a dick. i kept saying "i was going to climb the l-ladder" but they threw me out, now i'm typing from my phone in the back of my friend's car that i broke into. 10% battery life left :( he's not even really my friend :(

>>34797093
it's impossible if you don't take it seriously, and i feel like most people won't.
post-new years eve trips to the gym + shitty airport self-help books =/= personal development
>>34797137
why do you feel the game has been rigged against you, anon?
>>34797176
>but all that printed out was a picture of a child with breasts and a dick
this doesn't happen very often when i print it out. 1/10 times MAX

>>34797085
>Pot heads are fucking harmless
they certainly harm themselves

>>34797206
Because I was born with a hideous face, and no amount of self improvement can fix that. Sure, I can compensate, but my best is still worse than chad's worst.

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>>34797099
I know regular cannabis use is not conducive to a healthy, productive life, but I have a persistent fantasy that I want to experience before I die-
that is- to lay in bed with a qt girl, with a brick of hashish that we would periodically break chips off of and a nonstop vaporwave playlist playing in the background

>>34797405
honestly man, me too. i would become a degenerate at the drop of a hat if i could share the life with a qt girl.
frankly, it's a not a ridiculous fantasy. a gf is attainable for those who are willing to work on themselves and their social abilities, and everyone is very open about weed these days. imagine yourself in 10 years with a qt wife who you blaze with on the weekends and listen to macintosh plus or OPN with. there's nothing bad about occasional weed use. the problem is, at least for me, that when i use it it's just me watching dumb tv shows and having a great wank. then i wake the next morning without a desire to be alive or the desire to pursue that waifu.

>>34797358
i can understand how things become very myopically focused on pussy for you if you can't get laid, but surly there's more to life than the pursuit of females. with that said, anyone can attain a 5-6/10 gf/wife if they learn to work very hard in every aspect of their life.

>>34797638
It's not just girls, tho, everyone treats me like a subhuman piece of trash, it's like I'm not even a human being to most people.

>>34797679
i think there are plenty of people who value others for their intelligence, virtue, skills, interests and so on. it's just that they're not always easy to find, especially if you're discouraged to search for them because of your past social experiences.
>most people
most people are trash. don't be like most people.

>>34796647
I work out every night, have a cold shower and wake up at 7:00.

Now I'm going to start driving out to a secluded park in the mountains every other day, going for a nice jog/walk and then punch a tree for 30 minutes to work out the stress and anger.

>>34797780
hell yea!
>going for a nice jog/walk and then punch a tree for 30 minutes to work out the stress and anger
wish i could do this, but it's far too cold in canada

>>34797800
It's never too cold to go out. I live in Canada too, just wear a jacket and some boots you'll be fine.

>>34797565
Yeah I know what you mean, man. I don't want to use anything as a crutch. When I stopped smoking weed for work, the next fight was trying not to use alcohol in the same way.

also, trying nofap
which probably doesn't have any real scientific basis, but the post-fap kenjataimu when you're cleaning yourself is depressing and demoralizing

>>34797780
sounds great, dude. I wish I could bring myself to wake up early when I'm not doing it for work.
punching a tree will fuck up your hands, though. See if you can buy a used punching bag from a martial arts gym or something on the cheap

>>34796647
I already have the whole "not buying anything" thing going on and I stopped drinking alcohol. But here's mine so far:

>learn more about astronomy
>get from 40 crunches in 2 minutes to 80
>wait for my barbell to arrive
>get better at CSGO
>reduce the amount I fap (have a schedule where I'll fap every few days)
>learn guitar
>learn accordion
>increase my accuracy at the range

That's all I can think of for now, pretty certain I'll have more as time goes on.


>ultimate goal
Save up enough money and move to Alaska.

>>34797824
That's the whole point, getting bruised knuckles feels pretty great for some reason.

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>>34797405
Where did you find that image?

>>34797754
I honestly dobut there are people like that left, not to mention even if they did, my lack of social skills and experience would quickly drive them away.

>>34797946
ANCAPISTAN(tm)

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>>34797818
it's like 10-15 below C rn, but i'll consider it. there's a nice small mountain near where i live with nice wooded areas. it would be a nice place to listen to music. don't think i want to punch trees tho desu.
>>34797824
>When I stopped smoking weed for work, the next fight was trying not to use alcohol in the same way.
i've been using either weed or alcohol every single night just to stop my racing thoughts at night for the past year or so until recently. now i (try to) go to bed in anticipation for the next day. I fall asleep better because i've exerted energy throughout the day. positive cycles.
>nofap
i'm pretty confident this is a meme. i'm more interested in achieving noporn atm. whatever works for you.
>>34797957
i have several close friends who are. one isn't very pretty, but he's my main nigga.

it's no doubt an uphill battle, but I think you can do it anon
>>34797862
learning music can give you so much damn fulfillment


I'm gonna go work out. I'll drop by the thread in a few hours.

>>34798067
>it's no doubt an uphill battle, but I think you can do it anon
I sure as hell hope so. Aslo that pic is comfy as fuck.

>>34798116
nightwalking is wonderful!

I am glad this thread exists.

I want to move out to a beach by the city where I can meet like-minded people by the break of spring. I have some saving to do and only ~1 month to get that money.
I don't want to worry too much about making money, but I NEED to get financial stability and freedom this one time.

>>34798270
I'd recommend an apprenticeship. You can make good money and learn something that will always be in demand, and the lack of debt is a nice touch as well.

I decided I wanted to improve myself in a few areas the other day. I've already signed up to start trade school in the fall (planning to do welding) and my more immediate goal is weight loss. How do you get started with lifting? Is there a good guide somewhere? I basically just want to know what weights to buy and what a good routine is.

Good luck to fellow robots trying to improve!

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>>34799001
SS + GOMAD

nah but in all seriousness, the sticky on /fit/ is a good place to start. I suck with autistically organizing and documenting my workouts, though.
Get a barbell or some dumbbells, or a gym membership where you have access to those. Do squats and rows, bench presses if they have a power rack.

For weight loss, do lots of cardio and eat less. Just force yourself to run as long as possible, maybe in intervals - run for as long as you can, walk until you catch your breath, then run again. Push through the pain, distract yourself with music or, if using a treadmill because it's cold, videos.

>>34796647
I find pathetic that some people read to self improve and noy because they enjoy it.

>>34799792
I do enjoy it, but i struggle to read regularly, especially when i have lots of work to do at uni. Plus, i come from a family in which nobody reads at all. I haven't been wired for entertainment that doesn't involve instant gratification.