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Buddhism is not christian, go shill your navel gazing elsewhere

So, you admit you have never studied Buddhism, meditation, or their benefits?

Meditation only benefit is increased focus/ stress relief.

Our countries didn't become great because men sat there "emptying their minds"; the nations were founded on heroism, where men went out and did heroic things.

There are more benefits than that, such as increased awareness of your surroundings and of your body, ability to not be distracted by intrusive or negative thoughts, feelings of inner peace and compassion, etc. Focus and stress relief are broad terms anyway, that's like saying fitness is only good for cultivating a healthy body.

Don't drink.

Being a hero in your own life is important, maybe even necessary if you prescribe to Joseph Campbell's work, no doubt there, but to be able to bring about peace within yourself is just as necessary, I would say.

Also, if you think that Buddhism and meditation are for "emptying your mind" you are sorely mistaken. I'm sure some have used these concepts for that end, but it isn't the most recommended practice.

I just try to be mindful and considerate. You shouldn't be a bitch pushover, but take time to understand where people are coming from. It can make group work/collaboration loads easier.

People frequently mention marcus aurelius and his meditations here.

What is the significance of this? I read the first chapter last night and wasn't all that impressed.

Is it worth it to keep going?

hello, beautiful ones
enjoying your role in the mice utopia?

Psychologist here, ama

I want to go to the gym, and have been going for a bit over a month.

However I’ve been going around 5am and shits getting to me, but going at night means all the normie chads are out and about. What do?

I like this quote from Thus Spoke Zarathustra, think it's the appropriate thread.

Like the first chapter where he blabbers on about whos his family and friends etc? yes keep going it gets better.

Go slightly later at night.

I go to a pretty popular gym. All the normies clear out around 8:30, place is almost silent by 9. Place doesn't close til 11.

Note, it's an American gym.

Can someone post pastebin dump? Also if OP's could include it from now on, would be real noice. Would post myself but am not on PC where I have it copied.

>carpentry
>running
>brussel sprouts
>no beer

all cause of you pol, thanks

Why do people LARP?

Its almost time for eurofags like me to get some fucking rest, remember to at least sleep 8 hours

K

How do I find my calling and start a career? I need advice. I'm 32 and all of my skills revolve around computers, tech support, networking, that sort of thing. I have no certifications and I haven't worked since 2011.

Hey am I meditating correctly? I focus on one thing, then notice any other thoughts/outside movements that come and go but keep focus on that one thing while remaining calm and relaxed.

Okay so I'm a Neet And been one since 2014 with some periods of working and going to school but always dropped or quit didn't finished highschool now triying to get a general diploma and actually Trump did me a favor because with his threats to dreamers the age for making the Mexican gde with only one exam dropped from 21 to 18 so ill be doing, im fat and have acne and all I do is browse Internet do chores and babysit my little sister (2 year old).
I tried to kill myself in 2016 but failed and hurt my leg (jumped over a little canyon), I used to be fit and was captain of a football team, (soccer for Americans) used to play in several states and had a gf during highschool junior but entered high school and my mom got pregnant and was supposedly cheating on my stepdad (great guy) my brother is a 21 year old druggie Neet that my mom loves I'm sure of it, more than me, he grabbed a bunch of my stuff and sold it, my mom didn't said anything now I have only a few t shirts and jeans, my mom bought him a high school diploma for 1800 dollars (with the right contacts you can buy them) and to me nothing she didn't even payed 2460 pesos (around 140 usd) for my exam not a diploma but an exam to try to achieve it, I saved enough for a pc because my old laptop broke, saved around 600 usd and she made me pay her for all the years I've been a Neet parasite freeloader (even though I was underaged during those years.

I sometimes feel optimistic but others just lay on bed fap cry and yell with my pillow on my mouth to silence the haulings.

The only time I enjoy myself is when I dream, I learned to lucid dream during my Neetdoom

Wanna improve myself but I don't know where to start

stop fapping that shits degenerate, only drink clean shit, water or herbal tea (unsweetened), just fucking work out no excuses cuz it makes you feel better either way. Get a clean fashy hair cut, easy to maintain and shows professionalism. Focus on one thing in life and try and base your life on it (not neet shit) people will like you for that and you'll get jobs more easily.

>Wanna improve myself but I don't know where to start

Before you can do anything you need to remove yourself from your toxic home situation. Family ain't shit if they're just going to drag you down.

>tfw low agency

you can do it bro, good luck to you

Idd recommend everybody to grow their own crops, You can go as simple as growing herbs in little mason jars. Gardening can be very relaxing and feels nice because you provide food!

Too busy reading Plato.

Step one is removing yourself rom the toxic enviroment like said.

Step two is taking any little job you can get to get some pesos (No illegal jobs) Asking family members for help is usually what gets people work nowadays. You sound like you have the capability to be a good person. As you described before all the shit went down. If you were it once you can be it again. What you literally say is be yourself.

Fair enough

After getting my ged hopefully in late December or January I can get a job that pays 12000 pesos monthly wich is 670 usd dollars. With nepotism though with a friend but I'm quite akward my family made me that way I always stutter when talking.

But sure I'll try

>You are overweight
Then workout and eat right. Depending on how you workout and how much/what you eat, you will see results in a matter of months.

>You have a very toxic family, that's clear.
Get away from there. But first get some education or training in some kind of area. Anything that can help you find a job and with what you can sustain yourself financially.

As a general advice I would say: start looking for a bigger cause/dream. You seem like a lost person. Find something that gives you the motive to be alive and that you find worth the struggle of your daily life.

>neets advising neets
>the blind leading the blind

Even if this wasn't a leftypol thread, it'd be doomed to failure.

You can do it Pedro. I stutter too sometimes but it doesnt stop me from doing the best i can. You getting so much pesos you will eventually move out and as things go better and better you will become more happy and work more on yourself.

Finished my run and lifting session an hour ago. Entering my first bulking phase after a month of cutting (lost 8 pounds, face looks good now!). My arms and chest feel like they have been shred to ribbons, but I'm eating 600 calories over maintenance so I hope they'll get big. Also been sitting in the sun more, and it's really helped my mood (and my skin. a bit tanned and a lot of freckles everywhere). I'm more confident, and people actually seem to enjoy talking to me. I'm hoping to ask out a girl in my french class this week, but it's been years since I've flirted or even gone on a date (life went downhill at the start of my freshman year at college). Still don't have friends, but I've learned to deal with that, and I enjoy focusing on myself. Working out and dieting mean I can't really go to the bar, anyways. Miss the booze. My only bad habit left is probably the chronic fapping, but I'll destroy that, too.

Though I have to credit my own discipline for my success so far these past few months (discipline, I've learned, is a far better fucking source of energy than "motivation"), my two external motivations have been:
>seeing my soiboi roommate hunched over his laptop with no muscle on his body every day, playing vidya nonstop.
>Remembering an ex-girlfriend and how she fucks hotter men and thinks I'm pathetic. Whenever I am questioning my next routine or meal, I just scream inside my head "YOU WANNA BE SOME KIND OF FUCKIN' PUSSY?" and then think about why she stopped loving me and turned into a whore for other men. Always works for going on that run or stepping into the icecold shower.
We're all gonna fucking make it.

I get the reference to the mouse experiment, and how in general a Sup Forums or even just a habitual internet user would fall into "beautiful one" status, but how would /sig/ frequenters fall into this category, if we are trying to go into the world and make something of not only ourselves, but the world? Wouldn't all 1st worlders be considered "beautiful ones" in relation to 3rd worlders?

What do you think about Jung and Campbell?

I want to post the revised OP dump, it was only 2 posts worth, but I haven't seen the old OP around these threads in a few days.

There is no "correct" way to meditate. Meditation is a many-pathed discipline, you can focus on your breathing or a concept or mantra, or let your mind wander as much as possible and just don't "grab onto" any thoughts, let them pass.

just make sure youre doing it by candle light after the sun goes down

Any tips on writing a cover letter that doesn't make me sound like a loser? I need help...

Does anyone have a link to the Discord for /ESG/?

What's the deal with my scat fetish and how do I leave my degeneracy behind

dudeee
seek Christ immediately

you might not even have the fetish. try being more active first remember that being idle might be the root cause of this. get rid of the porn stash and make it harder to find it n your devices; block websites etc.

How do I find faith as a lifelong fedora tipper?

>you might not even have the fetish
It has manifested itself irl with a gf. I've been trying to kick porn. Limit to one or two faps per week in the shower instead of at the computer. Any suggestions?

>tfw finally managed to cut down on the drinking and smoking
Quality over quantity is the way to go folks.
It's insane how longer the day seems when you're not drinking and not counting the minutes between the cig breaks, and how much you can fit into it.

also. set a daily schedule and stick to it! This way youre not being idle and your time is spent productively but you also need to put breaks and do some other things that you love

start by reading the word, you might like it

Religion and faith is useless if you're not bettering . This is what fedora tippers and some followers dont understand. Theyre blinded of the thought of them being better than everyone else.

bump

I only want to reduce my own suffering. Anyway, I already am a supporter of sig on fit. You are not red pilled if you don't constantly work on self improvement.

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>emptying their minds
This meme must die. It is quite literally the exact opposite.

SIG I am 6'2"140 100% Euro blood. I went to my first ever white nationalist meet last week and it was truly great but there were 19 year olds that looked like chads while I am a 25 yo lanklet.

I am broke, just got a great job though. I barely eat and get exhausted from a 10 min walk. I want to do stronglifts 5x5 to start.

Should I go right to the gym or start with body weight stuff at home? I can barely do 10 pushups. I know it is absolutely pathetic. My weakness ends now help me

has anyone on here actually signed up to join the National Alliance? It seems to most represent our ideology. My main worry is being on the "list" if they ever get taken down, honeypot, etc..

Use a chrome redirect app. Whenever you visit a porn site redirect it to a happy merchant. Porn is (((their))) greatest weapon against the individual male.

Every time you watch porn a kike wins.

If you're that far down, you won't achieve anything at the gym, most you could do is hurt yourself.
Start at home with things that don't require any material (pushups, cardio exercises, tractions, etc)

Listen to me like this was the most important advice in your life. Don't start with stronglifts. Start with "Starting Strength" by Mark Rippetoe (3rd edition). I don't mean google the program and do it, i mean buy the book, torrent the book, whatever you need to do, and follow it precisely. read the WHOLE BOOK before you go to the gym. You are in a position to make great progress, don't squander it by dicking around like everyone else.

It is time

i remember a few years back i would go to a friends house and his family would have everything candle lit/dimmed lights and it was nice
im (trying) to do things candle lit now although my mother just got home and i dont know if shes gonna let me

Seneca for stoicism. Meditations is too autobiographical

I'm 22 now lads, is it still a realistic goal to turn it around from here?

22 is young. What are your goals?

It's never too late.
Except once you believe it's too late.

"In 1918 [29 year old] Hitler was in a military hospital blinded from a British poison gas attack. He was just a corporal, he had no family, a limited education, no friends, no connections, no political status, nothing. He decides that he will lead Germany in redressing the grievous wrongs that had been done to it after the First World War and straightening out some of the mistakes that were being made in German society. And fifteen years later he is Chancellor of Germany and he did what he said he was going to do. A wounded war veteran with nobody to help him, and he pulled it up just through his own willpower. That is an amazing story."

This. It is only too late until you completely make your mind up to give up and never try, which is the characteristics of a weak-minded individual. But that being said, anything is possible for you at such an age, and that includes living as a pathetic degenerate for the rest of your life, or become someone that can contribute to your forefather, like having kids and being a role-model for their success, and so on. You're going to have to search long and hard, but you'll get there. Good luck.

feels bad that no matter how my ideologies align with yours ill never be in a white nationalist meetup

The alliance died with William Pierce. Don't bother.

Reminder that these threads are inherently Liberal in nature in the truest sense of the word, and the entire idea is the complete antithesis of fascism. Also, heres a fun little homework assignment for all you self actualization fans, go look up who came up with this idea in the first place

s..so we aren't supposed to make ourselves better?

no dummy, you should always seek to improve yourself. Falling into the mire of shit that is neo-fascism isnt the way to do this. All you end up doing is becoming just another cucked and weak puppet for someone else. As an american, you have a sacred right to this very thing, but I see so many turn to these retarded meme ideologies of cancer. Its like the soul equivalent of getting a bunch of tattoos and piercings and other weirdo body mods and pretending its the same as getting in shape and eating right

bump

any leg exercises that dont do anything to the gracilis?
i had carbs today and i want to do exercise but its too late to jog and i did chainsaw curls yesterday so my arms are weak
i couldn't get an answer from /fit/ so i might as well try here

Remember, Anons, Be Here Now

this post is one of the dumbest things i've ever read

This week I'm letting go of hate. I'm going into every conversation with the intention of learning and only teaching where I feel confident. Allowing people to come to their own conclusions based on the evidence I provide them.

>lol ur dumb!

This is about the type of response I expected from your lot user.

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it really is, the concept of self care is 2000+ years old, i can give you proof if you'd like, or you could keep thinking its a Goldstein's invention

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im going now, but here, have
monoskop.org/images/0/03/Technologies_of_the_Self_A_Seminar_with_Michel_Foucault.pdf

page 10, chapter 2 on, the story of "know yourself /take care of yourself" from the greeks up

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>Broke up with my gf
>Rent house by myself
>80% of my income is now on rent/bills/food and other essential expenses.
>31 years old

Should I move back in with my parents to save money for a mortgage?
The other option is earn more money, which is a multi year project.

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It gets better i'm up to chapter 4

>having to strawman and then running away like a coward before you can be corrected

amazing. I said self actualization was invented by him, not "self care" which is just exercising and has NOTHING to do with cultivating any sort of higher mental state or setting yourself up to achieve certain goals. Again, if you are accomplishing these things and improving yourself through your own power, then this is literally the opposite of needing an all powerful state and dictator who would see you subjugated under his will

Don't forget though, it's called "Starting Strength" for a reason. You should only realistsically be doing this program for about 6 months to a year before transitioning to a program that will actually hit every muscle a bunch (more accessory stuff) and make you look good and not like a T. rex. DOn't quote me on that timeframe either, could be shorter.

hey /sig/
I've decided to quit Marijuana after using it for 2 years. I decided to stop using it because it was starting to negatively affect schooling and my relationships. My mind is very cloudy. I just want to know if my brain is fucked and can never recover, or I if I can improve it.

Rent the cheapest apartment you can find. Get a slum if you have to. Moving back home will be too demoralizing, your parents will treat you like a child, and you will begin to act childish.

Good book. I have it in my own library.

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As an ex-stoner you will definitely improve. Give it some time, and don't let your old habits return. Just know that you're suddenly gonna have a lot of free time and it's important to use that time productively. Don't transfer your weed smoking impulses into other unhealthy things (e.g. booze, sugar, TV, etc.)

Seriously user, you are even of the delusion that Nietzsche was a proto-nazi or something. You clearly have no idea what you are talking about and are just LARPing as your cartoon idea of what a strong man is

you can recover from it
but try doing other things to make your brain feel fulfilled
instead of seeking pleasure seek joy
instead of a chemical high from weed you can get a physical high from exercise (no but really it does make you feel good)

When did you start feeling the improvement?
>physical high from exercise
the runners high right? I know about that.

its a high that actually helps you focus
when i took my 15 minute jog, i was focusing well in school

I began today to wake up at 5:30 and workout. I feel better and more alert today than any day where I woke up at 7am, even when I've gone to bed earlier. Do it anons, go to bed early, wake up early.