How have you improved yourself over the past year or so?
For me:
>No porn
>Fap 2-3 times a week
>Read 30 minutes a day
>Learning French
>Doing yoga twice a week
>Cook all my own meals
>Dont drink alcohol
>Stopped watching pro wrestling
>Approach a lot more women
Still cant find someone id want to be my GF though.
>fap 2-3 times a week
>Stopped watching pro wrestling
NJPW is high test tho
All this self-improvement bullshit I keep seeing spouted feels so disingenuous. It's like you're taking the steps to improve, but you don't really know where you're heading, or why you're doing it.
Doing these things doesn't guarantee you will be happy or fulfilled. I can't word it well enough, but I'm tired of seeing people suddenly adhere to a 40 meme routine and being upset and confused when they don't feel any better.
I lift weights.
>not developing your knights early as black
Chess-let spotted
>no porn
>fap 2-3 times a week
Have you tried nofap? You are still fapping because it had no effects or why?
Nofap didn't seem to have any big impact on me after 2 weeks but will try harder (30 days at least) until I make sure it doesn't help me.
Also, what are you fapping on if no porn? Mind? Experiences? How did it help you compared to porn fapping?
who dis qt
also chestlet
they believe life is video game and they have to do certain challenges to be better while in reality its 99% your mindset and 1% not being fat
Back to school at 24. Still failing with straight As because i havent turned in any homework.
Switched to ppl
Talk to family more
Got a fulltime job
Qt gf
Invested in traveling
That black chess parts ain't the only black thing she's handling.
I tried and lasted nearly 3 weeks. Just found it too difficult to concentrate as I had a raging boner all the time. Im just doing it in moderation. Only playing with it when I get a nice reaction from a girl I like
What makes you think they arent happy? I dont see how you can honeslty say you are better off or more happy not challenging yourself
EXACTLY me. When they dress very hot I know I will fap when get back home.
read the bible
>French defence
She likes that slow grind unless it's that variation which results in a wild frenzy. Not knowing what to expect is kinky.
>Not recognizing Judit Polgar
Ive stopped using my phone as much. I was getting 3-4 hours screen on time on my phone all the time and I have no idea how. I only use my phone 1 to 1.5 hours at most a day now.
You mean she has a gun to protect herself from disgusting niggers? I guess that makes sense since white females rate niggers as unattractive consistently across multiple dating platforms and years. Only Asian males get rated worse.
What? All I get from this post is fox and the grapes. You have no will power and lash out at others for trying to better themselves. Look at OP
Are you stating he's better of watching porn, fapping more, not reading, it's detrimental to him to learn another language, yoga is bad, he should eating fast food and drink while watching wrestling and staying away from women? That he was better off before?
As long as you arent fapping as a routine you should be fine. Makes it more enjoyable as well.
she's been reunited with her fellow angels ;_;
Ye it makes it more of a random treat.
lost weight
reversed diabetes
reversed heart disease
wont die when im 40 now and will live to see kids grow up most likely.
Are you me?
>Noporn
>read 1 hour a day theory about the industry I'm in
>learning French
>Switched from Stonglifts to ICF
already cooked my own meals + haven't drunk since my teens. Still not approaching women desu
That's the textbook fucking french defense you nincompoop
>Also, what are you fapping on if no porn?
Every day the millenial strays further from God's light
Porn + no fap is superior to No porn + fap. You think porn is the only problem when you're shooting your sexual energy and testosterone away several times a week while also increasing your estrogen and prolactin. Porn even increases your test indirectly by being a dopamine source.
Actually, actions and experiences are what make us who we are. It's Cognitive Behavior Therapy.
>Yoga
Why not just do stretching?
Osti de fif chu sur que tu catch que dalle à mon post ma fourrer ta mère pis t'chier dans yeule.
Bonne chance dans ton apprentissage du français !
From what I've gathered fapping decreases your T in the short-term but increases it in the long-term. Porn increases test short-term but decreases your androgen receptors which make your test less effective.
You can never really find clear science either way tho.
Yoga is great for balance and strength surprisingly. Im working a lot of muscles I didn't know I could.
Also listening to the instructors self improvement talk through the class is quite nice.
*makes
Explain.
>fapping increases test in the long-term
Impossible, provide a source because this makes 0 sense and I've been reading scientific litterature on this stuff for years, everything has been pointing to the opposite.
Also it's not that porn or dopamine would decrease your androgen receptors but that your sensitivity to dopamine (and so its testosterone-raising effects) decreases with the abuse of any dopamine sources. It's not that hard to not abuse porn, like just watch it max 30 minutes a day. It's much more important to not ejaculate than avoiding porn (unless it's cuck porn, that shit is really unhealthy).
t. Saint-Jérome
He is right though. A lot of self-improvers reek of fedoras and doing things that they think are what intelligent, sophisticated gentlemen do. Some of them have a list of 30 things they are going to ‘improve’ on. Yeah good luck with that. You rarely see self-improvers going outside and improving their social life by doing basic things like having a drink and a laugh with the lads.
t. Éric Salvail
Why do people consider reading intellectual? How is it different from other forms of media, just because you're reading doesn't mean it's educational necessarily.
That's not Judit Polgar though.
Who is she then? I want to fake photos and videos of her getting destroyed by black men and then fap to my creation.
Vesna Rožič
It practices visualization, you have to picture in your head the situations described by words alone. That makes it more intellectually stimulative than other medias.
I don't know, I used to think like you until I started reading books again and noticed I was sharper. The best way to describe it I'd say is that it makes you less ADHD because you're not constantly subjected to entertainment like internet and tv provide, you are required to think.
yeah real life experiences not nofapping and lifting weights, these just become part of routine
There's no point in challenging yourself for the sake of challenging yourself. You must be willing to improve TOWARDS something; what's the point in doing NoFap if you won't go and talk to women?
I'm saying that, he should masturbate as much as he wants so long as it does not interfere with the rest of his life, that he should only learn a language if he is truly interested in it and hopes to speak it in the future, that he should only continue doing yoga if he enjoys it and not because it's what he "should" do, that there's nothing wrong with eating fast food every now and then with friends, and that his interest in wrestling has no effect on him.
He wasn't better before, but he isn't just better now. He needs to find what works for HIM, not just the universal set of values that are supposed to work for everyone.
>cant find someone I'd want to be my gf
And here my fellow faggots is a window into the mindset of a Chad
The thing is, you can't just tell someone to "go have fun", because they might be so depressed or mentally ill that fun isn't possible. The experience might even turn into a bad one if the environment is wrong. There are a lot of other areas in life to improve for happiness(physical, emotional, spiritual, career, and intellectual), social life is just one of them.
>french
>defense
toppest of kekes, pierres are good for eating snails and taking baguette in anus, unlike 'defense'
That's a lot of assuming right there.
don't forget your white flag
The point of doing nofap is to train discipline and self-control, which is statistically one of the leading factors for success in life. Also, a lot of people here actually do have issues with spending too many hours each day on porn, hence why nofap is popular.
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>don't really know where you're heading
Literally anywhere is better than where I am now. If I can go from below average to just slightly above average with just a handful if things in my life, I'll be completely content.
It's not humanly possible to be content. It's only possible to raise your average level of happiness/wellness.
Going from just plain miserable to life's alright would be enough for me
>lost both parents
>Dog died
>gf of three years left me
>lost all gym gains
>no friends
>no family
>haven't slept through the night in years
>Can't get excited about anything and nothing seems to bring any joy.
>wagecuck 60 hours/week
Small steps user. You gotta build yourself back up slowly. Don't doubt yourself when you don't see much gains. This shit snowballs, keep improving on one aspect and eventually you'll find gains in every aspect of your life
>I started to train every morning and eat oatmeal mixed with bananas and protein powder before walking 40 minutes to work.
Massive difference, mornings feel good.
I think you're on the right path, user. I just want you to know that controlling life is always a struggle, and it's important to learn how to enjoy the process, both bad and good.
I wish.
It's just that all the women I meet are lazy and have no ambition other than going out for midweek drinks.
I want to find someone who will make me a better person. I'm not really asking for a lot, just a girl with a bit of class and isn't a lazy slob
lost 30kg
go to gym multiple times a week
studying
happier, more confident etc
She is also dead. Passed away from cancer a few years back unfortunately.
I haven't, the last year of my life was me reaching the bottom and starting to dig.
Alexandra Botez you retards
Pozdravljen gospodic(self inprover)
hot
Was talking about Vesna Rožič. I though the girl in OP's pic didn't look quite like her but I was not sure.
24, stopped smoking after ~8 years
exercising regularly
noPorn, taking a lot more care about myself
started dating a cute blonde girl after not beeing with anyone for like 4 years
Life is getting better bros, we're gonna make it
Fake it till you make it brainlet
>yoga
>Improve
Heheh
>swim every day
>lift 5 times a week
>/nosugar/
>/nofap/
>read a book every day
>calorie controlled diet
went from fat perma-virgin to
>got a qt3.14 gf
>try and read as many books as i can
>got fit in general
>started doing BJJ to get over my fucking neurotic fear of competition and failure (let's see how long i'll keep it up)
>French defense
DROPPED
You have a point but these guys are plagued by bad habits which leads to shortcomings in their life
If they can break the habits then they can start making real changes
19 right now.
In the past two years, I have:
>learned (attic) greek and latin
>read every major greek author
>got into philosophy, still working through every major philosopher.
>leaned haskell and upped other languages
>advanced-level sysadmin
>started lifting
>started drawing and painting
>completed two major fantasy series I wanted to read for a long time (Sword of Truth and Ender's Saga)
>reduced masturbation a lil bit
>completed every major marvel arc and gave up halfway on DC
>completed 60 books last year (yay kindle)
>started shaving (finally)
>Gained better understanding of music, finally into classical and stopped listening to indie
fuck yeah
> 1 hour daily theory about industry you are in
My man, that’s a great idea. I’ve got some big ass electrical engineering books I should be breaking open daily
Thanks for the idea user
>good luck with the French
>reading fantasy
but for real are you studying? how on gods green earth do you have time/energy for all that
Nofap doesnt really help and there is zero evidence suggestion it does.
Porn addiction is one thing, but actual negative side effects of fapping dont really exist.
The real antidote to fapping too much is having more sex. Though to be fair, i stopped fapping entirely between seeing my gf (currently away for studying) and the sex we have when we meet is fantastic.
I think a lot of it is disingenuous but at least it’s still improvement.
It’s important to go about life medititavily, ask yourself why you’re doing these things and what the end goals are
i actually agree with you
t. somebody completely unrelated from your conversation
>quit video games entirely, down from 100+hrs/2weeks to 0 without issue
>picked up guitar, been learning general stuff
>old friends told me the song I learned was actually really good
>been hitting the gym obviously, moved to a more serious program these last few weeks though
>picked up cardio (lmao)
>reading
>started indoor climbing but stuck trying to find a belay partner
>got my first date in 8 years off tinder
>got ghosted after but it's part of the experience
It's been tough I won't lie, I wish I knew what to do sometimes rather than having to figure it all out. I'm still trying to figure out the balances of trying to talk to people, being rejected for giving too much attention and not enough. I want to say that I've given it my best and what more could I have done but then I won't improve, so I have to admit that at least something I've done was wrong.
It's gonna be a tough week for other reasons but I think as long as all of us here can just keep it up this week we'll be better for it. I already started by not hitting snooze and skipping my workout this morning like I very much wanted to
21
Past year I have
>got into medical school
>read over 200 books
>got a gf, lost virginity
>started lifting
>started swimming every day
>kept to a calorie controlled diet, went from skinnyfat to a decent body
>worked as a full-time carer since summer
What's your excuse?
Good things:
>Been lifting for a month now
>Improved my diet
>Improving my swordfighting abilities (been fencing for 11 years and into HEMA for 6)
>Reading the presocratics
>Learning how to sail (I've done it before, but I still consider myself a beginner, I know how to use an optimist and a vaurien, but nothing more)
>Listening to more classical music and looking at more classical art
>Got a gf
>More confident (so there is actually 3 gals that want to have sex with me, aside from my gf)
>Better to my friends
Bad things:
>Failed at nofap on day 5 (and jerked off 5 times in the last two days)
>I cant study, I have not enough willpower
>Not really respectful of my elders (They didnt earn it, but anyway)
What do you guys think? Am I gonna make it?
it's one of the 7 habits breh
I go to sleep at 10PM and wake up at 6AM. I leave the home at 8PM. Sleep cycle has always been a cunt for me, but it's in order now. It feels great. I feel more structured.
I dropped 5 kilos thanks to cutting junk food.
I was never fat but the difference in the arms/belly/face are great and I feel healthy and pretty
some tips for more things to make you feel like youre improving yourself but really its just masturbation:
>learn instrument and language other than programming ones (programming languages are all pretty much the same)
>when reading philosophy dont take those things for granted but challenge yourself by comparing authors views to your own(if you dont have any views so far you might as well read harry potter)
>do cardio
been there done that its all pointless your intellect is fixed, being at optimal physical readiness is very easy and you dont have to waste as much time on fitness as you think
those self improvement grinding things are bullshit in terms of making you a better person
>Finally got the balls to hit on gymqt
>Even went on dates
>Hugged and held hands
>After our 3rd date she asks if I'm sure I want to keep going with this because she's struggling with depression and doesn't wanna drag me down with her
>Tell her I'd be willing to risk it if it meant we could be together
>Asks me for some time to think
>Messages me last saturday
>Says she's not ready for a relationship, that she's afraid of hurting herself and hurting me, but that she wants to stay friends
>Tell her I understand
>I don't
>I'm mad at her
>I'm mad at myself
>I'd give anything for things to back to how they were
At least it gave me the confidence that I'm actually attractive enough to pull qts, but the wound is still too recent
You know what to do user.
Burn 'em
Burn 'em all
Weeb
Stopped pissing around and started powerlifting.
Almost at 1100 total.
I'm learning to sight read piano music
I started selling on Etsy and developing my woodworking skills more
Oh! And I'm getting married
Are you sure she isn't just seeing someone else?
>stopped masturbating
>being more productive with my free time
>learning french too
>learning code
>somehow more stamina and stenght
>I'm reading again, a little
> come up with things you don't feel good about
> stop doing these things
> feel better about yourself
YoU cAnT feEl BeetEr AbOut YoURseElF
t. materialistic cuck
>>I'd give anything for things to back to how they were
I went on 3 dates dude, get a grip
Only right user in this thread
nofap only works if you're an actual porn addict