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Self Improvement
A community which focusses on improving yourself. This can be in many different ways - from improving physical health or appearance, to improving mental health, creating better habits, overcoming addictions, etc.
While material circumstances beyond our control do govern much of our daily lives, people do have agency and choices to make, whether that is as "simple" as disciplining yourself to not doomscroll, to as complex as recreating yourself to have many different hobbies and habits.
This is not a place where all we do is talk about improving "productivity" (in a workplace context) and similar terms and harmful lifestyles like "grindset". Self-improvement here is intended to make you a generally better and happier person, as well as a better communist, and any other roles you may have in your life.
Rules and guidelines:
- Posts should be about self-improvement. This is obviously a wide category, and can range from advice, to finding resources, to self-posts about needing to improve in a certain area, or how you have improved, and many other things.
- Use content warnings when discussing difficult subjects.
- Do not make medical decisions solely because of a discussion you have had with any person here (e.g. whether to take or not take medications; diagnoses; etc.) as we do not vet people. All medical problems should be discussed with a real-life medical professional.
- Do not post harmful advice here. If this is seen, then please report it and we shall remove it. If you are unsure about whether it's precisely harmful advice or not but feel uneasy about it, please report it anyway.
- Do not insult other users and their lifestyles or their habits (unless they ask, I suppose). This is a place for self-improvement. Critique and discussion about a course of action is encouraged over shit-flinging. Don't talk down to people.
Ooh, a less alcohol goal? I just completed dry January myself and carbonated, flavored water really helped me. It had the texture I was looking for in beer.
Best of luck to veganism, between you and me dairy is easier to go without than eggs if you’re looking for a way to start, and after a while you’ll develop lactose intolerance which helps.
congrats on the dry january and thank you for these very helpful suggestions!
i don't really get alcohol cravings so much as socially my ptsd only relaxes when i'm tipsy and trying to hang out socially while sober i usually stress myself or others out so that's something i'm trying to address in therapy. especially hanging out with my girlfriend i'm very loving and cuddly when tipsy but i'm a little tetchy and don't like to be touched and can be snippy when sober. Ugh just thinking about it is stressful.