> We don't want it to turn into a 'roll thread' only, so you have to make an actual useful comment with your roll, either on someone else's post or at least by answering the OP questions.
Previous: > What are you planning for the weekend? > How great have you done this week? > Have you followed your schedule? > Set one goal you want to achieve by the end of next week. What it is?
What's the point of "self-improvement" if it still results in you being a slave to society?
Nicholas James
Progress report: I have done about 30 minutes of work in like 3 hours. I have 3 hours left before bed to get my shit done.
Jace Bennett
> What are you planning for the weekend? Study, yoga, gonna figure out how to jog at a pace that won't kill my dog. and gonna do my best to avoid alcohol. > How great have you done this week? I slipped up here and there but getting out of my comfort zone more and acing everything in uni so far > Have you followed your schedule? not at all, was a tentative schedule anyways. wasn't sure what I'd be able to pull off with my new school schedule > Set one goal you want to achieve by the end of next week. What it is? Make a schedule that will actually work I guess, since my current one gives me too much time in some areas and not enough time in other areas.
Wyatt Hill
Because sometimes you have to play the game to make progress
Jaxson Campbell
> What are you planning for the weekend? Work and homework. My boss, a coworker, and a colleague just got fired and we're in our busy season, so it's gonna suck. > How great have you done this week? Mixed bag. I've lost a lb, but I know I could've lost more if I stuck to my cal count more strictly. Academically I could do better, and I find myself wasting too much time once I get home. > Have you followed your schedule? Not as strictly as I should have. I decided to treat myself to some Cheese-its and apparently my digestive system hates them, so those issues put some strain on my schedule. > Set one goal you want to achieve by the end of next week. What it is? Cleaning my fucking room and keeping it that way. I say I'm gonna do it every week but I end up not doing it. I'm gonna start in about 30 min once I get home and not stop until it's done.
Dominic Russell
Define progress.
Mason Turner
> What are you planning for the weekend? Working in the mornings now and it looks like it'll be that way for the foreseeable future. But sticking to my studies after that. The nootropics that I ordered should be coming in tomorrow, looking forward to that. > How great have you done this week? Pretty good. Still been doing daily calisthenics. Finally found a place to do pullups but it's at a elementary school, so I go there way late at night to not look like I'm creeping on kids during the day. > Have you followed your schedule? So far yes. Getting in my studying is taking a hit from working in the mornings but I'm fighting hard to stay on it. > Set one goal you want to achieve by the end of next week. What it is? I'm going to check out an 8/16 restricted eating diet. I've heard a lot about it(mostly from Jow Forums) and people rave about it. The thing that sucks is when I first eat, 6 of the 8 hours I'm still at work. Maybe I'll just eat much later in the day.
Not the user you replied to, but movement. Anything, as long as you're moving forward and doing something, ANYTHING- you're making progress.
Justin Scott
> What are you planning for the weekend? Lift, study, sleep a lot > How great have you done this week? Pretty good, managed to stay above 4000 calories with at least 180 grams of protein every day so far, 2 litres of water and 4 workouts a week. Feelsgoodman > Have you followed your schedule? Yes > Set one goal you want to achieve by the end of next week. What it is? Gain at least one kilogram, I've had the objective of 0.5 kg a week for a long time
Ian Jackson
I have completed stage one of my work. I am entitled to eat tomorrow.
Landon Cox
New to Jow Forums I dun got tubby bois, I want to get back into shape with some home exercise routines, push ups, sit ups in particular being the focus, anyone have any images with a plan for say 2 month periods?
Jackson Jackson
Oh also
> What are you planning for the weekend? Going to start that couch to 5k program tomorrow, also working tomorrow and Sunday > How great have you done this week? Got my shoes for scouts and work nice and shiny, boots tomorrow. > Have you followed your schedule? I don't have one, if you guys can hook me up with that training thing I want to make one up to work with. > Set one goal you want to achieve by the end of next week. What it is? 30 push ups without stopping
Ian Jackson
developing a sense of self-worth and stopping that you're your own worst enemy?
How-to Anons?
Nathan Miller
Would just quiting porn for a week or so make it easier to quit fapping later on?
>Nothing special. Probably an outing Sunday. Other than that planning the next month. >Pretty good. Slept was disorganized but should settle soon >Partially yes >Work more and stop wasting time.
Josiah Campbell
Why stop fapping? let me share my experience with no fap with you. I did no fap for about 8 months, in that time, I saw no significant increase or decrease in anything other than my free time. I didn’t feel any better or worse, pretty average overall. I just didn’t fap. It felt really good to do it again after so long which made me realize if you do it daily it becomes meaningless but if you do it once every couple days or so you can be happy and content with yourself and your masturbatory habits.
Ryder Parker
More motivation to find a gf and better sex life with her in the future(assuming I'll find one)
Charles Rodriguez
I got an assesment to do over the weekend but i have a giant pimple on my head that caused my eye to swell up. I got to squeeze puss out a cyst on my eyebrow all weekend. I can't be arsed to do this shit.
Oliver Powell
> What are you planning for the weekend? finsh setting up my new apartment in a new city, go to for a jog then downhill MTB on Sunday > How great have you done this week? about a 7/10 - i handled the move better than I had anticipated. > Have you followed your schedule? Yes! that was the most surprising bit, creating and maintaining a to-do list and a schedule helped IMMENSELY > Set one goal you want to achieve by the end of next week. What it is? Settle into my new gym routine, new life and new city.
Define movement. You see, all you guys care about are the same trapping everyone else has (money, family, careers, etc.). My question is if that stuff is all you aspire to, what is the point of "self improvement"? All it seems to do is make you even more of a slave instead of giving absolute freedom. I've tried spirituality and self improvement and all both do is make you ok with your slavery instead of helping you escape a cruel system that no longer serves humanity. Is there truly no alternative to all the bullshit I've been told my entire life, or is it truly assimilation or death?
Jose Anderson
How to increase dick size?
Camden Sanchez
Lose weight. Doesn't actually increase dick size, but decreases the amount of fat concealing the base. Trim your pubes for extra appearance gains on it. -unrelated below- Giving up porn. I've always been a bit of an autist but I'm just tired of being aware of how ludicrous and detached from reality the garbage I jerk it to has gotten. I need to just go actually fuck someone instead of convincing myself I never can.
Benjamin Perez
So anons, I had to deal with some mental stuff for nearly 3 months and due to that and procrastination the last I stepped inside the gym was the April of this year.
I was having a fair linear progression and was swimming once a week.
But in the last few months the only physically taxing thing I've done is running up 10 storeys of stairs when late to class. Also had started smoking(terrible decision)
I won't be going to a gym for a minimum of another month due to mid-sem exams. But I'd like to start doing some bodyweight exercises to get back in the groove. Used to do bodyweight sets as warmups so doing them isn't a problem.
>My question is what should a weekly goal look like when doing bodyweight exercises? Also, >should I start again with a watered down version of my previous workout plan or start with something like ss or ppl?
> What are you planning for the weekend? Hanging out with the family, reading a book, planning the next week.
> How great have you done this week? Didn't smoke for an entire week
> Have you followed your schedule? Don't have one :"(
> Set one goal you want to achieve by the end of next week. What it is? Plan a bodyweight workout routine, stick to it and look to improve it further
What kind of dumbass small dog you got? Most dogs can easily keep up with even fit humans. I run canicross races in the cooler months. You should try it, it's kind of fun.
Jason Bennett
I fully believe masturbation can speed up androgenic alopecia if you're predisposed to it. I tapped thrice yesterday and once 2 days ago after 2 weeks of no fap and for first time woke up with lots of hairs on my mattress and my sebhorreic dermatitis is flared up again.
I know this is bro science but it's what I feel.
Xavier Lee
>> What are you planning for the weekend? Organize/plan, keep my hands off my dick >> How great have you done this week? Read up on stoicism and figured out certain things in my life. >> Have you followed your schedule? I didn't have one >> Set one goal you want to achieve by the end of next week. What it is? Stick to a morning routine: wake up early, exercise, meditate, take care of hygiene
Matthew Turner
Try this out or head over to darebee.com, that got me started. Also, good decision, keep at it!
You're supposed to choose goals for yourself. You define your own progress.
Luke Peterson
What are your using for following your schedule ? Mobile app ? Some paper ?
Noah Bailey
You and the things you enjoy wouldn't exist without it.
Austin Wood
Google calendar works really well for me. It has some nice features like reminders. Tbh any mobile app would probably work. Calendar is a pretty simple thing desu
Michael Ward
Why the fuck do my ankles hurt like hell when i am running? At this point they are more of an obstacle than my breathing. I could run so much more if every step wasn't followed by agony in my muscles.
Cooper Young
the end goal is to not being a slave anymore. To society yes, do your part, be a good member and not a degenerate fuckface.
Your goal is to not slave away 40-80h at work every week? Better improve yourself in all needed fields ;)
Nathan Garcia
first step is done with acknowledging it. With this you are already ahead of most common people.
With the basics of /sig/ I would. Get a healty body, mind and soul.
gotta agree with this guy the long winded 7 day guide to resetting dopamine is better
Josiah Cook
I start the new job on Tuesday, lads. First 2 weeks of training are going to be hell. I have to drive 1h30m and be there by 830am. I'm not used to this.
Owen Phillips
Can you post it?
Julian Taylor
didn't save it but it's basically spend a week with no internet, no TV no electronics and you can only read books, no jacking off or snack food
David Cox
If you truly want to escape society and never be a wageslave again, go innawoods , become self sufficient and homestead, trap and hunt animals, grow your own vegetables and fruits, etc. For most people who do this, they still interact and commerce with modern society, for some though, they truly are on their own and, similarly, tend to live lives or relative solitude. If this is your prerogative, then by all means, go live that life. But you will need to be hardy and capable of much more than the average person is willing to do day to day.
As for spirituality, yes, buddhism and mindfulness spiritualituies tend to seem that you should just accept the world as is and not do anything to change it, but this isn't actually waht buddhist "acceptance" means. It just means that you understand it is how it is because that is how it is. You are free to change that if you see fit, but the core of acceptance is not getting upset at things, because there is no real point to getting upset. If you want to change something, seek to understand it, and then you can change it with a cool head.
Dominic Lewis
couldn't find a stupid questions general hope this is close enough
is going from running / exercising 0 times a week to ~3 times a week going to make a difference? is there a way for me to calculate how much I'd gain/lose by going up to ~4 times a week, or going down to ~2 times a week?
this week I've run 1.9 miles with my dog twice, about 9:30 miles both runs (3.8 miles total). planning on going for a ~6 mile cycle ride tomorrow as well. hoping to continue to do ~3 activities per week
Jackson Cook
A difference in terms of what?
Kayden Morris
How do I avoid razor burns? I tried taking a shower, applying shaving cream, waiting a couple minutes then shaving but still get all those red bumps Not on my face at all, just my neck
I've tried and failed doing the gym meme with 5x5, I just cant find the reason why I want to do it.
Now I know I just want to look good, go from 190 to 175 and have a well shaped body
help
Hunter Williams
noticeable improvement
James Wilson
>gym meme Where do you think we are
Henry Thomas
You'll need to exercise regularly to have a "well shaped body", at least 3x per week, for an hour each session. You don't have to go to the gym, you can stay at home and do calisthenics instead, or do cardio and HIIT.
I fucking miss my toxic ex, I keep seeing stuff that reminds me of her or that I would've wanted to share with her.
How do I move on, past this mental wall?
Brandon Phillips
You're better off without her desu.
Wyatt Jenkins
nah I know that, it's wrapping my head around this fucking nonsense. I should be happy I'm out of the abuse but I still miss fucking having her in my life to share stuff and things with y'know? Backwards thinking
Joseph Edwards
How do I get over a feeling that no matter how much I self improve I’ll always be alone?
>high paying high social status job >6’ >six different girls in the hoetation >six pack and not DYEL >funny personality, full of empathy >9/10, strong jawline, etc
>single for 2.5 years
What the hell man. Lot of people want to fuck but the ones I want to form a relationship with, it just kinda slips away from me.
I think I have finally beaten my social anxiety. My last 'test' was a wedding and I had fun the whole day, kept talking all the time and with people I did not know without letting it sap all my energy.
Christian Parker
how'd you do it lad?
Kevin Wood
Babysteps from panicks attacks to go grocery shopping and hating smalltalk and when I tried it drained my energy to forcing myself to talk and do it over time it worked.
Just like you wouldn't bench 100kg the first day.
Lucas Gonzalez
graded exposure is pretty effective
Alexander Evans
out of interest were you/are you on a no fap?
Sebastian Rivera
Good to hear man. I feel like I'm on a similar path, someday I will be able to talk to strangers all day without my energy being drained, it's something both of my grandads and my actual dad were and are able to do flawlessly. Someday I will too.
Camden Reyes
Why are you bitching about being single if you are fucking 6 women? Treat the women you want a relationship with like you treat the girls in your rotation. You've clearly got no problem keeping them around if you've got your rotation up to six. Keep your rotation around until you and your potential gf decide you want a relationship. Then continue to be alpha. You've clearly got the ability to do it just gotta remain consistent
Tyler Fisher
How do you recover from a cold quickly? I want to get back to working out and getting paid
Sleep and nourishment. You just gotta let your immune system do it's thing.
Caleb Davis
Better shaving cream? Let sit for 3-4 minutes and shave, that works for me at least...
Hudson Evans
Rest, lots of water to flush you out, eat nutritiously, not much dairy, grease, or processed crap
Parker Gonzalez
can you try out a safety razor?
Daniel Flores
Anyone have any tips or resources for one to excel at a college career fair? I'm a senior finance major and need blessings
Ian Garcia
Well thats your experience. I feel alot better when i dont fap. More of a "fuck it" attitude, which got me to tall to more girls. Just overall more energi to do other stuff then just sit around and paly vidya games.
empathy isn't caring about others feelings it's being able to recognise them and predict how things make people feel, it's needed for almost all social interaction it's the reason you can guess if your joke will make people laugh, not him btw
Tyler Jones
Depends on what you mean by slave to society.
> it means you're FORCED to work for basic necessities like food, a house, a college education, smart phones and medical care Eat a dick, sweetie, the taxpayers are talking.
> it means your capitalist pig boss steals most of the value of your labor Econ 101: nothing above subsistence happens without profit motive.
> I agree with the idea of working and contributing but I believe that society has been taken over and cucked by jews/capitalists/corporations/shapeshifting lizard people so that most of my effort is a waste and my taxes will be spent on niggers/unnecessary wars/corporate welfare/feeding the gold-thirsty Fnargl Life's tough, but you can't do shit about it until you're successful. Work your way up and then fix it instead of expecting to be the 20-year-old who fixes the whole system at once with his infinite wisdom, and definitely don't become the 50-year-old still reminiscing about the glory days in high school.
your pic. I can't look at this stuff anymore. is not just because "man I would fuck her like Vegeta on cocaine", sure I would do her. but these kind of pics of beautyful girls, lately turn me sad. you will never fuck her, or someone like her, you know that. but you also won't touch her, talk to her... she'll never care about you, you don't even exist. Those eyes will never look at you
Jayden Adams
What's your ultimate form /sig/? an ultimate form is the person you want to be, the point you reach where you'd be happy just staying at that level
Landon Cooper
>What's your ultimate form /sig/? an ultimate form is the person you want to be, the point you reach where you'd be happy just staying at that level Pro-consul of Gaul. Am i asking too much?
Josiah Ortiz
What to do on a coffee date? How do I eventually escalate to sex down the line?
the brutal warlord feared and despised by everyone but worshiped by his own men, conquering vast swathes of territory and fighting communists while trying to revive the Mongolian Empire
Have you guys ever tried hypnosis or induction therapy? Been using some to help me relax and get to sleep at night and it seems to be working.
William Cruz
act confident (better if you're actually confident ie don't really care what the outcome of the date is), ask questions about her life/hobbies/interests, keep a good amount of eye contact (but also don't just stare at her eyes like a fucking creep constantly, don't forget to look around once in a while), share bits and pieces of relatable situations in your life every now and then with things she's talking about, find some kind of common interest to invite her back to your place [weed is great, if you both smoke get her talking about whatever her stupid faggot favourite netflix binge show is lately (because all women have one), feign interest in learning about the show, invite her to smoke some and 'check it out because it sounds interesting', and then after you're both high start getting physical], otherwise figure something else out that acts as a hook to invite her to your place and just continue getting her comfortable around you and touch her every now and then, keep getting flirtier with her until you realize you're at the point where you can do something like grab her tits or spank her and it just naturally transitions to sex from there. I'll put an example in the next post of why if you don't smoke weed, you really should even if just as an excuse to meet chicks.
Lincoln Watson
One chick I met at work when I worked in a call centre job, she had a boyfriend (still with the same guy), she didn't have a huge amount of friends and we shared a common interest (weed & mario kart), so I invited her back to my place to smoke "because I was new to town and didn't know anybody" and made sure that we'd be ~just friends because she has a boyfriend~, she lied to him about where she was going after work to make sure he wasn't anxious about her hanging out with a guy alone, we smoked, played some mario kart, general light touching (pushing her slightly to make her lose concentration, touching buttons on her controller, generally just excuses to make physical contact), talked about random bullshit, there was a lull where we were both just staring at each other so I went to kiss her, she rebuffed me but said she liked hanging out with me, so I just steered the conversation toward what she liked in the bedroom, what her boyfriend didn't do for her (guy was real pathetic), convinced her to cuddle while we watched netflix & played mario kart while smoking, established some boundaries to make sure she was comfortable (such as no sexual touching while cuddling, of course you continue to push the boundaries of what is considered nonsexual touching), eventually I had her bent over in my lap and was spanking her ass while she tried to play mario kart, whipped out my cock and let her blow me while I played a round (because her bf didn't like blowjobs and she loved giving them, so it was okay because "I was just letting her get to do what she couldn't do with her boyfriend anyway"), and naturally sex happened from there
Camden Barnes
>My question is what should a weekly goal look like when doing bodyweight exercises Every single day. But don't do your max or go until failure for each exercise. For example, if you can do 10 pullups, only do 5-6. You don't want to get sore because then you'll be less likely to do any exercise. I've been doing this with dips, pull-ups(regular, chins and neutral gip), squats, leg raises(on a parallel bar), push ups on rings, planks. It's really boosted my work capacity and I feel more solid. I also do curls until I get a nice pump. Never sore, always have ample energy and I'm noticing gains. Especially with the dips.
Running is dumb. Unless you're sprinting or walking, it's not worth it joint wise. Jump rope is superior if you can get a mat or find a padded place to do it. The coordination gains you get from it are unreal. Your ankles probably hurt because you either don't have enough support or are running wrong.
Cameron Morris
any recommended brand? I'm using Nivea shaving cream currently, don't know if it's bad or not
Charles Thomas
I would recommend to stick with the classics like Edwin Jagger, Merkur or Mühle. Same with the blades. Dorco Prime, Astra, Derby, Feather should be fine.
It could be really just that the hair in your neck is special :/
Carter Brown
user, current year is full of other toxic roasties to fill the void she left
Levi Allen
user thats actually amazing. thanks for the advice. Jow Forums is full of actual nu males.
Kevin Watson
Guys fucking help i made it but not mentaley > be me at the club > some great track comes i realy enjoy it whil im sitting at the bar chair > some chick front of me 10/10 stranger things stacey look a like says > user join me > fuck it i go and fucking dance > i stop i go close to her i asked > whats you name ? > aaaaaaa anne? > fuck gets insecure on how she responds > then she hit me on the chest user you can dance realy well do more > eh yeah great hopefully next time i gotta get my train > pick my jacket and run in a hurry > fuck why am i like this > Bonus lore : i had realy great chest pump today so when she hit she actulley looked impressed where can i find the confidence pills guys? how was i confidence enough to dance but got so insecure when she responsed wierd?
Brandon Richardson
Your thinking about it way too much.
Bentley Price
I don't want anymore toxic, please I need to heal and fucking be my own man and demand a standard of excellence and respect. Gotta cultivate it, heal and excel
Lucas Garcia
How the fuck do I get empathy? It's like people have a natural understanding of each other's feelings. I sometimes feel like I'm a failed sociopath.
Julian Flores
Try reading books, it's unironically supposed to help. Dostoevsky's shorter works are a good place to start.
Brayden Rodriguez
>chad cousin i've known since childhood invited me to a huge party with thots and drugs what am I in for lads?
I'm pretty sure I'm an actual sociopath, I don't really understand people's feelings either. I just try to logically think how they came to the conclusion they did that lead them to act the way they are now. It usually works and you can make them feel different based on that.
blog post:
Being emotionally disengaged sucks honestly, because I'll sociopath my way into high places but feel nothing. So all my accomplishments feel like any normal activity like breathing.
I won a free trip to Europe and felt nothing, that's how I knew something was wrong with me.
