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Weekly Improvement Thread - May 4th 2025 (hexbear.net)
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Hello comrades and welcome to the first improvement megathread of May! bonfire It's a great time to set some plans for this month if you haven't already.

Some discussion ideas:

  • How was your week?
  • Do you have any plans for next week?
  • Do you have any plans for May?
  • Do you have some streaks or sober days to share?

poster caption: "May 1st, the All-Russian Subbotnik"

spoilerThis iconic Soviet poster by the artist Dmitrii Moor calls on subbotnik (Saturday volunteer) workers to help with public improvement jobs. Subbotnik workers were citizens and/or soldiers who labored without pay on the weekend. This poster was printed for the Moscow subbotnik of 1920 where Vladimir Lenin personally attended. Initially, subbotniks were sporadic local efforts (the first one was in 1919) to boost moral and increase work in the early days of the revolution. But as time progressed, subbotnik work became obligatory and the jobs tended to be mundane and even politically-motivated. Work in the name of “the motherland” generally benefited higher-echelons (party members, plant managers, etc.) who gained the benefits from the free subbotnik laborers.

Good luck with your goals! soviet-chad

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[-] NewOldGuard@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

Job hunt grind has been horrendous. Just doing gig work and selling nonessential stuff online to keep the rent paid while I wait it out but I figured it would be a month or two before I got a steady income, not 6 months of radio silence. In the good news I’ve optimized my resume with help from my university’s alumni center and automated job applications with some extensions that autofill my info, so by sheer numbers I think I’ll get something soon.

I’ve been doing daily breathwork to help with anxiety and I can say that it’s a lovely experience. There’s a lot of pseudoscience and stuff around it but when you ignore the marketing and hype it can be a helpful way to meditate and be mindful. It helps me feel calmer and more composed at least. This plus regular exercise and time outside make my social anxiety fade into the background, for which I’m grateful.

Finally got back into reading after a lull in April. I downloaded all the books on my reading list so they’re immediately accessible, and that reduced the friction enough to make it habitual. Currently reading some Hemingway, studying Pedagogy of the Oppressed, and enjoying the fifth issue of Peace, Land, and Bread which came out recently. If yall take nothing else from my comment here read PLB from Iskra books, it’s excellent

[-] moonlake@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago

Thanks for the recommendation, I haven't heard of Peace, Land, and Bread before! I downloaded the PDF now

[-] LGOrcStreetSamurai@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago

I’ve been doing daily breathwork to help with anxiety and I can say that it’s a lovely experience. There’s a lot of pseudoscience and stuff around it but when you ignore the marketing and hype it can be a helpful way to meditate and be mindful. It helps me feel calmer and more composed at least. This plus regular exercise and time outside make my social anxiety fade into the background, for which I’m grateful.

Hell yeah. A lot of people say you "have to do the work" that's exactly it. Doing the exercises only really work if you actually do them.

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