SELF IMPROVEMENT GENERAL /SIG/

You just have to do it. If you haven’t read for a while then start off with something easy like George Orwell’s “animal farm” or LOTR. I find that delving into serious non-fiction topics is a lot harder to get into them as you can get bogged down with the content matter. I guess just gradually build your way up.

Talk to as many as you can and don't be a weirdo.

I want to take you on a date.

Then wait and let tension build.

How do you survive a 3 day water fast? I'm doing Keto and usually fast for 18 hours but 3 days is mind blowing to me. I start getting super dizzy and irritable.

>don't be afraid to cardio or lift more than one hour
If you're at the gym for more than an hour you're not working hard enough or one of those fucks always checking their phone and dicking around
get in, bang it out and leave, you limp wristed faggots

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Somebody tell me the benefits of cold showers and witch diet is best.

Talk to them like they're normal people.

False and you've revealed yourself as a beginner/a fag/a weekend warrior fat Jow Forumsizen retard whose on his first lifting year. Longer rest periods = great load + volume = more muscle activation = more stimulation. Perfectly acceptable to stay in the gym for over an hour if you do more than 4-5 lifts per workout and like to rest past the point of fatigue in order to generate more strength and thus reps and achieve higher performance on your next set.

100% agreed

testosterone drops sharply after 45 mins of high exertion literally making you a faggot

solid advice

Once your body is deep in keto it’s fairly easy. I just completed an 8 day water fast.

Never fasted before.

Not even fat.

Pretty easy but also pretty boring.

You're a nigger.
Spend hours in the gym only doi g your workout.
When you are front go out to countryside and run some miles.
Dont run in gyms.

I'm really enjoying keto. Calculate your BMR, subtract 200 calories (for shredding). Think you're gonna feel like you're starving all day? Keto makes it easy because the fat, protein, and high fiber veggies (mostly cruciferous like Brussels) makes you feel full.

I've lost like 12 pounds in a month and I wasn't even a massive fatty starting out. BMI was 27 now it's down to 24. Easiest fucking shit if you're a lazy cunt like me.

What the fuck is up with this auto correct extension?

How long until you're in deep keto? I've been in for maybe a month and a half now. I did it for 6 a year ago. That's when I tried prolonged fasting and felt like death.

I'm not lazy and I burn pretty much everything I eat.

>he's right

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Nice. Hoping to start lifting soon. I used to be fairly active but spiraled into a pretty deep depression. Feeling good now. Just always tired. Fitness will help with that just need to stop being a faggots full of excuses.

I planned on 7 but only made 5 days, it helps that i live alone and can simply put food away and tape up the fridge and such.

Other than that loads of water, black coffee and nicotine
On day 6 i ate 1 plain egg over easy 1 piece of bacon and 1 slice of buttered toast and it tasted fucking amazing. Surprisingly filling too

Yeah that would be hard for me since I cook all the meals for my spouse. I think the smell would drive me mad.

You go life like this when you're going to die alone

Also she told me about her husband to be
>plays tons of games
>has low sex drive from masterbation
Hes not a bad looking dude hes just a fucking idiot and now chad is plowing her tight ass

I haven't even earned the chad title yet, so idk whas a step below chad? PreChad?

Low. She's getting married. You're going help ruin another mans life if you get caught. Have some morals you degenerate American

Thats why i have failed in the past, its not easy, but its a yuge willpower test which is good

I know, and i feel terrible about that.

>Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance.
can you be any more of a faggot?

yeah! motorcycles are for basedboys!

Jesus Christ OP STOP USING THIS STICKY, ITS FUCKING TERRIBLE.

this whole thread will now be littered with people criticizing your shitty book list, your retarded pork advice, and the absolutely benign "2 hours instead of 1".

Use the other one. This one is shit. You are shit for posting it. stop ruining SIG

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it's like you're getting all of your ideas about masculinity from tom of finland drawings. It just feels hollow and desperate and pathetic but then again all of you are desperate and pathetic or you wouldn't be here.

if you do manly things then you must be a faggot

Daily reminder that the steak and eggs diet is the most redpilled diet

It's the Jewish plot. They want you to have this fetish. They facilitated your adoption of this fetish. You have to do NoPorn and NoFap. Don't even look at hot girls. Become sexless. It's possible. Think about every one of us on here shaking our heads at you when you type that nasty shit it. Think about your forefathers looking down at you from heaven, watching you masturbate like an imbecile to porn that would have earned you a lynching back in the day. Think about the greedy evil Jews rubbing their hands as they use the revenue from adspace on videos that YOU watched. Think about them using the adapace to do some more evil Jewish shit.

Most of all, stop masturbating. Stop watching porn. Stop letting yourself get turned on.

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These threads geninuely helped me get my shit together and have gone from a weedy 60kg cunt to a stocky 82kg semi-unit. Still going and havent reached what I want to achieve yet but no distractions or excuses to stop me.

>fashy flag
>has a cartoonish view of masculinity
>spends all his time on anime imageboards
>clearly no male role models in his life
how close is pic related to what you look like?

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This diet.

Also cold showers are only useful for if you're trying to have a baby cuz it makes your sperm count shoot up. It's also useful if you want to be an edgy "manly man" who deliberately struggles to build character.

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>Grab them by the pussy

master detective at work

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>Haha Jow Forums BTFO

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it is good for your skin to end a shower with a few seconds of cold water to close your pores up though, going cold all the way isn't necessary

It goes like this:

>Giga-Chad
>Chad
>Brad
>Nick
>Norman
>Garth

In descending order. You're probably a Brad or a Nick. I'm for sure a Brad but no where near a Chad.

Hmm didn't know that. Makes sense. I'll start doing that. Thnks for the advice user. This is why I like sig.

Same.
Continue your patch to Chaddom but only use your powers for good.
Best of luck dude

Making yourself look like that seems pointless and not very functional.

Your question and your presence on Jow Forums implies you have the attention span of a mosquito. Have a pad of paper next to you, and write down quotes you think are interesting. The act of physically moving the pen to transcribe letters will keep you engaged. Also, have a dictionary nearby (a browser if you must, but don't be a dolt and start browsing), and look up every word you don't know. Reread a paragraph if you don't get it. And read something worthwhile like Ride the Tiger not some high school normie tier shit like 1984.

Thanks user, capped your post. I think the best thing to do is leave Jow Forums and Jow Forums for a while. Although this place does have some benefits (like when you find out new redpilled info) but the majority of the time it’s just a degenerate cesspit of porn and slide/disinformation threads. I mean look at the ads here ffs. The mods are generally shit as well.

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>The ultimate objective is for you to look like pic related.
lol gay af senpai

sup honey, want to attend a Klan meeting?

I don't know, I was halfway through Dante's Inferno (think I was right before Dante goes to Purgatorio) and was somewhat enjoying myself but then I just lost interest and haven't found it in me to read further

maybe I should switch to something less prose-heavy since I could easily read through 1984 in a day or two

Yeah you should ditch pol for sure. There are people who must be paid salary to post blacked porn on here, it's disgusting. Know that they will burn in hell. Use the SIG stuff to better your life. No one who's truly made it still visits here. Just our presence on this board means that we still have much work to do on ourselves.

No fapping tonight user. I'm counting on you.

very nice, saved

>country is the name of a fucking bird
>capital is the name of a fucking fruit

no my man, this is pointless:
having fog in your everywhere you go 24/7
serving rotten cowmeat to people
"do you wanna get mugged in the taxis or public bus? how about both"

there is nothing wrong with being strong. as for function, if your "function punch" is stronger than their "function punch", then you win

NoFap + properly exercising (haven't been going to the gym, just calisthenics since my job requires me to move heavy packages all the time) has made me confident as shit and not needy for women when it comes to companionship.

However there is this woman I've been talking a lot with lately, and she is really nice in person. However, she dresses like an absolute whore and is probably a huge red flag that she's a waste of time. Is there any way I can make her traditional and thus become relationship material, or should I just not bother with her?

That's fff....ff-ff....FUCKING IT, /sig/.

Tell me your plans for tomorrow. NOW.
What's that? You have no plans? Huh...gee, sure seems like you don't want to self improve.

My plans:
>wake up before 9 AM latest
>big breakfast and digest
>go to park, hit some baseballs either by self or find someone already on a field to catch with
>come home, hour long workout (resistance)
>lunch (sammich)
>read my book (discourses and The Enchiridion by Epictitus)
>go to fish market, buy some SCALLOPS
>pasta scallop dinner
>prayers before bed, protein shake maybe

>Bitcoin

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Redpilled Reading:

>The Road by Cormac McCarthy
>No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
>All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
>The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy
Child of God by Cormac McCarthy
>Suttree by Cormac McCarthy
>Blood Merdian by Cormac McCarthy

Oh wait these are all by the same guy? What a coincidence!

Just fucking kidding no it's not. Cormac McCarthy is the most redpilled and most important author alive today. He is also the most influential American author of all time. He is redpilled as shit and even mainstream kind of. All his movies are fantastic. All the themes are spot-on. They're usually about family, what it means to be a man, God, hell, torment, desperation, hope, the end times.

You will never find a better author than he. Read EVERYTHING you can by Cormac McCarthy. You'll be hooked.

Start with The Road. I read the whole thing in 2 days, and I hadn't read a book before that since 6 years ago. I inhaled it. It's incredible and you read through it like every moment you wait, the man and his boy are withering away from starvation.

Fucking read it.

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Fahrenheit 451 is a great quick read with a lot of imagery - Its only 158 pages. Hell most everything from Bradbury is pretty interesting.

What to do about fucked up teeth?
Should I get braces, replace all with fakes?

Go to Asia.

>9AM at the latest

Are you a NEET with all that free time user?

Braces. No one likes a snaggle tooth. A nice smile can change your whole appearance.

>wake up, 730a like I usually do
>eat cereal + fruit
>special k with yogurt and granola
>run 2 miles and try to beat yesterday's time
>come back, shit, shower, shave
>make bed, spend 10 mins cleaning room
>spend 10 mins doing dishes and general chores
>meditate for 10 minutes
>study from 10am to 12pm
>lunch is 2 eggs and some deli turkey
>shoot the shit with roommates, w/e
>study from 1-6 using pompadour method
>dinner is chicken and salad
>study in library from 8-11 due to it being Friday and roommates are gonna be partying

That's my day. I'm gonna do great tomorrow just like I did great today.

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You're commie so I hope you never self improve.

Remember, find a wholesome 2d waifu then save money for artificial womb perfect human children to raise

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I work part time at a paint store mon-thurs 7 hours each day (or a little more because i do deliveries on wednesday and Thursday).

Im off Friday and the weekend.
The weekends there arent deliveries and its too slow for there to be more than one person in the store so i cant work those days.

>Stop listening to degeneracy.
>Posts fashwave
Take the classical pill anons, literally the best, probably should start with Mozart ir Beethoven

Contrast showers are best I always end with 2-4 minutes of cold water at end of shower.

Beard or no beard?

Depends on your age, if mid 20s go for a trimmed beard. I just have a small stubble.

Mozart is good but Beethoven is pleb tier. Chopin and Paganini better.

No beard if you have a jaw. It's the super fashy capable man look. But it's stylistically acceptable nowadays to rock a beard to hide a weak jaw or bad genetics.

What does /sig/ think of the Stoics? Red Pilled or not? Was thinking about reading the Daily Stoic.

>DO NOT EAT PORK IT DESTROYS YOUR STOMACH LINING AND INTESTINE WALLS. >Don't breed with roasties.
Hi rabbi

Are the deer native to New Zealand?

Stoicism is alright to study, but it's not good for upwardly mobile people. It's the subtlest blackpill there is.

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Wagner is the best IMO

Need raw garlic

Bach.

Brandenburg Concertos or St. Mathew Passion.

If you don't get goosebumps, you're already dead inside.

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I thought of it more as a means to handle bullshit in life without resorting to bitching needlessly. Aren't they proponents of Momento Mori? Knowing that life can slip away so you must live with meaning in the now.

In MeditationsMarcus Aurelius wrote“You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.” it should be a personal reminder to continue living a life of virtue now and not wait.It seems like a pretty good road to self improvement.

What is a water fast supposed to do?

The squeaky wheel gets the grease, while nobody likes a whiny bitch, sometimes complaining will get you surprisingly good results.

>“You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.”

That's not an admonition to live life to the fullest, he's reminding himself to do his job without complaint. See the other stoic teachings "nihil mirari" or "be astonished at nothing." It's a very depressing, limiting dogma.

Fasting and drinking tons of water to feel full/detox. Fasting is supposed to kick your metabolism into burning stored fat for energy.

Carbs are your body's preferred method of energy, as your brain operates on glucose. When carbs are not present, your body starts burning up fat stores.

That's also why cardio first thing in the morning without eating is best - you immediately start burning fat for fuel.

Introduced species. They are a pest and make for great stalking style hunting

Ah, I see. So what do you think is a better Philosophy for improvement?

I have a doctor's appointment soon where I will likely have a colonoscopy. I've been defecating some blood. Most sources say it's likely just some IBS, but there's always a possibility of colitis, chron's, or worse.

How do I hold frame when I'm awaiting the results of something this worrisome. This isn't a good feel brahs.

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If I've had someone say I look like a Chad, does that mean I'm a Chad?

I'm a kissless 26yo virgin and try to take care of myself and work out, but I'm socially retarded. Is it the porn? I feel like a schizophrenic nervous wreck whenever I go outside. Nothing but spics, niggers and coalburners. I don't want to interact with anyone. I feel like they can I'll tell I'm a virgin just by the way I walk or talk.

I know its better to be a virgin because I'm not married and everything, but everyone around me having sex is making me super insecure.

Winners don't give a shit about following a particular philosophy.

So you are actually drinking water, right? You are fasting food, not water?

I've unironically had a woman guess my name was chad. She was also conscious of the meme... I can die well now

Of course. You can't not drink water senpai that'll fuck you up.

You framed that to sound kind of gay, but I get your point. I only mean more about learning from them. Nobody should fully submit themselves to the thoughts of another.