Weekly Improvement Thread - Sep 22nd (hexbear.net)

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Hello comrades and welcome to the fourth improvement megathread of September! bonfire It's the first day of autumn, which is a great time to make some plans for this autumn.

As usual, some discussion ideas:

Do you have any plans for this autumn?
Do you want to share something you've done in the previous week? Everything counts, nothing is too small.
Do you have any goals or plans for next week?
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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Good luck with your goals! solidarity

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[-] moonlake@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago

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[-] Tomorrow_Farewell@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

First week of being re-employed went fine. Things are going well.

I have resumed physical exercise.

I have been maintaining a two-month streak of studying hanzi.

I have not been studying much else outside of work-related stuff.

[-] moonlake@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

This week went okay, I went running on one day, did some meditation and went to a gig with friends.

Autumn is my favourite season so I'm kinda stoked. This autumn I want to resume running (it was too hot in summer) twice per week and touch grass with friends (hiking in particular) since the weather will be nice. touch-grass

[-] LocalOaf@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

Autumn-enjoyers gang 🍄🍁🍂⛰️🚶‍♀️

Going for walks and trying to get back in shape to go hiking, I got outta shape after getting covid for months and I yearn for the mountains. Might go mushroom hunting too, chanterelle season is approaching and I wanna get some to make pasta with. anti-italian-discrimination

[-] LocalOaf@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

Summoning chaos dragon energy to clean my room that's been a mess for a long time

trans-hydra jbp

Gonna try to get back in touch with a dear friend that I ghosted for a long time when my depression got really bad, want to come up with a nice present to send them and write them a letter but it's really nerve wracking to me, I might post more about that to iron out what I'm doing here or in the trans mega or mental health com, idk

🎁💌

[-] LGOrcStreetSamurai@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

Lost my job due to a MEGACORP "restructure", I'm not even mad. Does this suck? For sure, no doubt! Is this the end of the world? No, not at all. My budget and things are gonna be tight for a bit but I have savings and such so I should be straight so long as nothing catastrophic comes down the pipeline. I'm really happy with my rather "stoic" (in the good sense, not the marketing dudebro sense) response. This isn't a flex, more so just a "I did something, and I'm proud of it". So I'm filling for unemployment and stuff and that's certainly going to be a bureaucratic labyrinth to navigate.

My big thing is I'm really ripping up my keyboard with focus on computer programming again. I'm re-learning a bunch of fundamentals I have lost while at MEGACORP because they did everything backwards and wrong. I'm re-learning and re-enjoying programming. I like being a computer dork, being a cyberspace hackerman on the CLI is a lot of fun for me. I'm also realizing there is so much goddamn nerd shit to both learn and master. I want to step up my game and go from a programmer to a real deal computer wizard. I want to build my own tools and software for my problems. I want to be able to go from idea to code to working code faster and more effectively. Some i'm in E-gym as well as the regular gym.

I'm also hitting the treadmill four times a week now. I hate running, as such I must run until I learn to not hate it. Cardiovascular endurance is a fundamental part of fitness and strength and no amount of broscience saying "cardio kills your gainz bro" is going to deter me. I want abs this time next year.

Other than all that, I'm good. Just trying to keep up with my health, reading, and social connections. Really trying to focus on building real bonds with my friends.

[-] Cammy@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

I'm kinda burnt out this week, but I've been getting decent insight in therapy. I've been more honest about my limits and boundaries and I can see myself carving out time to address my needs and plan my goals for the future.

Trying to stay sober throughout, but weed has been a means of escaping emotional pain. So I'm trying to push myself through and rest when I can.

[-] FumpyAer@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

Still jogging twice per week. Getting back on my sleep schedule.

I need to put my bed away during the day so it's not an option to lay down instead of doing shit.

[-] bazingabrain@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

Ok fuck i bought like 5 cans of monster, but I needed treats to power through 6 different photoshop files and still drink lots of water so I guess it balances it out? Haven’t smoked or taken any alcohol/drugs in a month, I think quitting sugar is gonna take much more effort lol. It’s fucked how I managed to quit drugs cold turkey, but sugar is the one thing causing me problems. The one thing I’ve got problems with is finding the motivation to exercice though. Also got back into rocket jumping in tf2 and I’m making really good progress which makes my brain happy.

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