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Weekly Improvement Thread - Nov 2nd 2025 (hexbear.net)
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Hello comrades and welcome to the first improvement megathread of November! bonfire It's time to review our progress from October and make some plans for November.

Some discussion ideas:

+ How was your October?

+ Do you have any plans for November?

+ How was your week?

+ Do you have some plans for next week?

Poster caption"Stand up, rise to your feet, working nation! Endure a little longer! Workers of all countries are rising up and coming to your aid!”

This poster quotes a revolutionary song and notes the first anniversary (1918) of the October Revolution. The date on the poster (November 7) is when the revolution occurred per the Julian Calendar used by Russia at the time. The current Gregorian calendar records the revolution as having been on October 25. Russia changed to the Gregorian after the Soviets took control.

The November Revolution marked the second (and final) phase that terminated the provisional government in Russia. The provisional government was formed after the February Revolution (the first Russian Revolution) when the monarchy was toppled ending Russia's 303 years of under the Romanov Dynasty. Once the provisional government was dissolved, Russia came under the control of Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks.

Good luck in November! comrade-doggo

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[-] knifestealingcrow@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago

I'm entering month 11 of something I'm half-jokingly calling "The Radical Reconstruction of the Self", which is way less dramatic than the name sounds. It's more or less just a structured plan to get myself back on my feet and working towards becoming a version of myself I actually enjoy being. In that time I've made so much progress regarding both my physical and mental health (though it hasn't been without any setbacks or struggles) that I feel like I'm nearly ready to move on to phase two. This really excites me, because it feels like (prior to starting the RRS) I had spent years trying and failing to even get to the point I was at six months ago. I can look back on the past year and be genuinely proud of myself and what I've accomplished, which is something I can't say about previous years.

For too long I have been in a protracted struggle with myself and my brainworms. HOWEVER, through the power of unrelenting hope and LOTS of hard work, it is a struggle I intend to win.

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