Weekly Improvement Thread - Oct 6th (hexbear.net)

submitted 9 months ago by moonlake@hexbear.net to c/self_improvement@hexbear.net

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Hello comrades and welcome to the first improvement megathread of October! bonfire

As usual, some discussion ideas:

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?

Poster caption: "Knowledge will break the chains of slavery"

Good luck with your goals! solidarity

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[-] moonlake@hexbear.net 6 points 9 months ago

roll call soviet-chad

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If anybody else wants to be added to the roll call, just let me know hexbear-specter

[-] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 3 points 9 months ago

Add me pls goku-doorstep

[-] moonlake@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago

Welcome to the based department, we're happy to have you! based-department

[-] CommunistBear@hexbear.net 5 points 9 months ago

It's been a few weeks since I've posted in one of these threads. After a sustained few weeks of increasingly worse mental health I fell off the wagon and fell off hard. I have been drunk every day for the past week and a half or so. I don't even really feel that bad about it tbh. In total, I went just about 6 months without drinking. My fall back into drinking happened pretty quick. On a particularly shitty day I saw a bottle that was kept around and decided "fuck it" and had 3 shots in quick succession. From that point on I quickly fell back into my old drinking habits. I know I should get back on the wagon sooner than later but I'm probably gonna indulge myself a bit before drying out again. It feels like the only thing in my life that I get to decide is my own drinking and as a result, when I'm feeling increasingly hopeless and out of control of my own life, drinking feels like a way I can have agency for once. I know it's a poor coping mechanism but it feels like the only one that I can have right now.

[-] Cammy@hexbear.net 5 points 9 months ago

Staying sober, so that's good.

I'm working on my mental health and taking steps to start building a stable routine.

[-] moonlake@hexbear.net 5 points 9 months ago

October is one of my favourite months (spooky season specter ) so I kinda just want to relax and enjoy the vibes this month. Easier said than done, since I'm always trying to make progress. I want to touch grass with friends next week touch-grass

[-] blight@hexbear.net 4 points 9 months ago

Keeping up my daily average number of steps. Eating slightly more irregularly and weirdly but eating. Sleep maybe 2 hours messed up. Catching up on housework.

[-] Imnecomrade@hexbear.net 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

You can get a shirt of the post image, btw: https://spacedoglaika.com/collections/refinished-propaganda/products/knowledge-will-break-the-chains-of-slavery-refinished-soviet-literacy-propaganda-ussr-communist-t-shirt

I'm just mentioning it because I have been wanting this shirt, which is why this post caught my eye.

To be more relevant to the post, I do want to mention that I have been struggling with time management and burnout, but for the past month or so, I have been learning to play the guitar, and it's really helped my mood and focus as it's an easy thing to start doing with little energy. I practice guitar while I am waiting for my ADHD meds to kick in during the weekend, and it helps me feel more motivated when they do. I've learned 4 chords (sort of), and I tend to practice a riff with 3. I think forcing myself to play slower has a positive effect on slowing down my mind's racing thoughts. I also play guitar sometimes at night after work, and the mental roadblock for me to start tuning and playing is much lower than it is to hype myself to play a video game or work on a computer project.

I aspire to be skilled enough at guitar to casually sing and play commie songs.

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