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I had an extremely good week! Did five workouts this week and went bouldering, met up with friends a few times, went to a really nice beach, got loads of reading and writing done.
I finished the second half of the Two Towers in one day, and previously it had taken me over six months to read the first half. Now I'm blasting through the Return of the King, I've read three chapters today and I'm enjoying reading so much. I havent felt this way since before I started college, but now that I don't have to read academic texts all day, I've been really enjoying reading fiction again.
I've also been writing more than ever, three days this week I wrote over 1000 words and one day I wrote 2000. I've finally started doing the serious stuff that makes it a novel writing project, I've started making character bios, planning scenes and story progression and trying to work out a map. I've been doing a lot of the important world building in my head this week, and I want to get it written down.
I've been in a calorie deficit on track to lose 1 kilo a week, which has felt really good. I've been so damn motivated to exercise.
Also the biggest one, I actually came out as a gender to my first friend irl! I've been very closeted about my gender but now one person in the world knows I'm agender and that is kind of scary. But it's also exciting. Coming out is really weird
Being able to blast through a book is a strangely rewarding feeling. I think our current generation of internet weirdos would be good to take some time and put some effort into re-learning how to read for fun. I think a lot of my self-improvement progress has come from developing that skill/habit.
Hell yeah! Be true to yourself always!