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.
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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:
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.
Thank you for posting with us![emoji rat-salute-2 rat-salute-2](https://www.hexbear.net/pictrs/image/49b82fe1-58fc-4583-bf28-0c3679496a56.png)
I am also inspired when I see others posting about their progress (and sometimes Ls) every week