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Hi comrades and welcome to the first improvement megathread of February!

I hope everybody had a great January and is ready to continue making progress and kicking ass this month.

As usual, some discussion ideas:

  • Do you want to share something you've done in the previous week? Everything counts, nothing is too small.
  • What would you like to do next week?
  • What aspect of life would you like to improve?
  • Do you have any streaks? For example, "sober for one day." Feel free to post your streak every day in this thread.
  • If you don't have a continuous streak, did you manage to abstain from something for a day or more?
  • Did you come across some useful information or resource that might help others?

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[-] odmroz@hexbear.net 7 points 9 months ago

I read Atomic Habits. I liked it, fair warning it is very very slightly grindsetty, jsyk if that's a problem for you. But the info about how to build and keep habits has me successfully creating new habits without the months of trial and error it has taken me in the past.

[-] Ufot@hexbear.net 2 points 9 months ago

Great info, really boring writing, super unappealing/uninspiring references, especially for people like us lol.

"Kevin is an entrepreneur from Boulder. He's been biting his nails since he was a baby in diapers. His wife booked him a manicure appointment. He still a huge baby, but he feels so confident about his nails he doesn't bite them anymore!"

I actually never finished the second half, any good info in there?

[-] odmroz@hexbear.net 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

screm-a AAAAAAA I remember that part!

07 God's strongest soldier, Kevin from Boulder. Later stuff about structuring your environment to support the habits you want and discourage those you don't was helpful to me bc I finally have control over my surroundings for once in my gd life.

Diminishing returns after that, for me. But everyone's circumstances are different so take that w a grain of salt.

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