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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.
I'm still getting my teeth kicked by life. However, I remain resolute in that I will find positive way forward. I'm not in grave or dire condition or anything like that, but things just aren't going my way the last 30 days or so. Regardless, I'm going to find a way forward, a way to grow stronger from this. I'm not gonna get salty from my negative experiences anymore. I'm going to take the L (though to be frank I'd like the L taking part to be over ), examine the L, reflect on the L, study the L, harness the hidden power of the L, and ultimately turn it into a W through the alchemy of optimism. It's kinda corny, but I have really been on some "yeah shit is bad, but I'm not gonna give into that" wave. Not sure why or what, but I'm determined to become greater than my conditions. Am i romanticizing my own misfortune? Maybe. However, I think it's truly good to see yourself as the hero and overcoming the bad stuff without becoming a bad person is rad to me. Don't get me wrong I love being a hater, but I'm done hating on me.