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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.

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Hello comrades and welcome to the first improvement megathread of July!

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 plans or goals 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!

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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

My sobriety streak continues, just shy of 3 months now. Some perks to not drinking/smoking all the time that I've noticed for any who might be on the fence:

  • My digestive system is significantly better and my poops are genuinely fantastic.
  • My libido and general sexual health have wildly improved to the point that I feel easily 10 years younger
  • My sleep is fantastic and I'm able to fall asleep in <10 minutes every night and stay asleep the entire time
  • My physique is changing in a noticable way and muscle seems to come on way easier and faster than I expected.
  • My energy levels are consistent and much higher
  • My sinuses have all but completely cleared up and my nose hasn't been stuffy at all

I'm sure there is more but these are the easily noticeable ones. I want to thank this community in particular for being the supportive nudge in the right direction to get my shit a little bit more together. Seeing others here do better was a genuine inspiration for me and I'm so glad I decided to start. I wish you all the best in your journeys to do and be better than the day before.

My goals remain as before: maintain the good work I've put in and build from there. Do more fitness activities, be more social with friends, continue to eat well, and maybe start reading again.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I want to thank this community in particular for being the supportive nudge in the right direction to get my shit a little bit more together. Seeing others here do better was a genuine inspiration for me and I'm so glad I decided to start. I wish you all the best in your journeys to do and be better than the day before.

Thank you for posting with us rat-salute-2

I am also inspired when I see others posting about their progress (and sometimes Ls) every week

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