/sig/ -- SELF-IMPROVEMENT GENERAL- IT BEGINS EDITION

Post that started the general
I want this year to be /ouryear/. This goal starts with every single one of us. Improving ourselves daily through avid reading, wise investing and shrewd networking is the only way to grow our influence, both personally and as a community.

Post good reading and research material, success stories, failures, struggles, future goals and tips on maintaining a better self.

Today is when we start...
Where will we end?

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ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2874882
youtu.be/oPgHx2unj6w
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reduced my fapping routine from 3 hours to 2, looks like a big improvement if you ask me

not politics

clean food, clean water. you are what you eat and drink.

factory farmed meat and dairy turns you into a braindead moron. it's cruel to animals and unhealthy

a local clean water supply is worth its weight in gold. you can't drink gold. most cities are full of people with no access to their own clean water. what comes out of the tap is contaminated by pharmaceuticals, industrial and farm runoff, etc. and that's not guaranteed forever. war is coming. the grid will be targeted. avoid cities. get to a place with local clean water

it's not just what you drink, and cook/brew with. it's also what you shower and bathe in;

>Showering produces respirable droplets that may serve to deposit pollutants such as trihalomethane decontamination products, heavy metals, inorganic salts, microbes, or cyanoacterial toxins within the respiratory tract.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2874882

How do I quit the herbal Jew Sup Forums? I feel like it's the only way I can cope.

Same here I can’t seem to go 2 days without getting stoned

It is political, sir. Self-improvement leads to greater political support for those who best represent our ideology.
Tip: lose the fast food. Cook healthy meals at home, and watch how quickly you feel better on a given morning. Add a bit of excersise, too. You'll feel great.

Colorado fag here, best way out off the crap is treating it like a cigarette.

Replace it with something better. It sounds stupid as fuck all, but any time I wanted a cigarette, I focused on something I was excited for, harder than my craving for a smoke or joint.

Relapsed to porn two days in a row. Completely my fault since the same chain of events leads to relapse but I can't give myself a good enough reason to stop

Is the Overman just a meme or is it something worth setting your sights on, even if you inevitably fall short.

What better a reason than being better than you were yesterday mate? Think about all the baboons in Detroit and LA, those monkeys have zero impulse control, zero self control; you though, you're better than that

What do you usually make for breakfast, lunch and dinner?

Awe yeah

Yeah good point. I managed to go 8 months one time because I couldn't get it up with my gf but now shes gone I just said fuck it. With the new year coming up I really want to improve myself since I have been content with my ongoing mediocrity. I do I have a new job starting next week though but the ultimate goal is to attend law school

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Setting up my home g(o)y(i)m
>mounted pull-up bar
>wood gymnastics rings
>dip device
>weight belt
>2 pairs of 20" oly dumbbells
>comfy floor tiles
>ikea mirrors
>never have to go to a gym and hear degenerate negro music on the PA ever again

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2/3 second try, hit the post button on accident

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Lots of uses for these

That's great, where's the portrait of Hitler to keep you motivated?

/esg/?

Flush your weed. Don't buy anymore.

Where the fuck do you get weed from? I'd like to strangle the people that sell drugs to commoners.
Ethnostate General

where is the ledge you are supposed to be on
and why are you not on it?

By an act of the European will.

Bro the pullup bar wont make it long unless you have bolted it into metal - be careful and make sure it is in strong as it is a long fall to hit your head with.
I got my own pull up bar but it is freestanding and in metal.

My ledge is down below over there somewhere.
I left it a long time ago when I learned how to fly. :^)

I support this effort, bump

By this logic every wood frame home would fall apart, nigger. This thing is solid, it's in the studs.

you must face the darkness. iron is forged in fire. be brave, i believe in you.

I need to learn a new language and I'll likely be living in a new country within 8 months. I hate to blog, but this upcoming year is going to be the most important time in my life.
I've spent the last 10 years being a neet on this godforsaken website and I finally see a way out.

>I'll post weekly
Please do.

milk gives me crazy bad acne

I like this and I want this general to survive 2018, so bump

I'm doing this, also I am mounting my fleshlight so it doubles as a full body cardio workout and is more like real sex so I am less programmed to masturbate.

I suspect my sister has this issue and it pains me I dont think theres anyway I can help her. As a family we try to make her stop but she keeps finding a way like a drug fiend. Its sad honestly.

If you have a good sister charish her, I dont wish these feels on anybody.

bump

>mounting my fleshlight
It wasn't until I did this that I realized I was pathetically out of shape. I've started doing core exercises, but fuck it's bad.

Any mounting tips? Im considing mounting it on my computer chair with a tie/strap since I can adjust the chair to the perfect waist height unlike anything else.

it's ok dude. weed is not that bad as other drugs in the sense that it doesn't completely destroy you it just delays progress. so your sister is still salvageable is my point.

my advice is to still love your sister and help her set goals. once the weed delays her goals remind her of where it has delayed her. be patient but realize she will eventually realize how the weed is stunting her. or she'll just stay a stoner. but that's all u can do.

I also saw a text mentioning xanax; which I know nearly ruined a friend of mines life until he went clean.

Lots of texts asking dealers if she can "come through" which I imagine means suck a dick for some drugs.

Wish I never saw those texts.

Its scary how well she lies and not just lies, but tries to make ME feel bad for doubting her. If I didnt see the texts for myself I might have idiotically believed her.

I do love her.

The bad thing is all her friend's parents are all excessively leniant; so she feels like she is some kind of victim just because our parents are more vigilant/strict.

I'm only in town for holidays, she cant even stay home for holidays. She has to excape for cock and drugs even today on christmas, its fucking putrid.

Tell her how you feel

Give her a gameplan on how to change

If she refuses, let her go
She's a drain on your mental resources and some people can't be saved

I've had success with wrapping it in a towel and taping it to a box. Another way is to wrap it in a towel and stick it between pic related or a mattress.
I also own a hip, so that's my go to since I can just slap it on my desk.

Soon she is supposed to finish school and move out. I plan to do so at that time. I also plan to tell my parents what I know after she is moved out so they can plan to fully cut her off. I dont want my sister manipulating them into liquidating their fucking retirements for her problems.

meh I warned ya.

I assume you mean a box with a weight or something inside?

I guess my side issue is I'm used to cumming only when standing so being on my knees thrusting I have a hard time cumming. Same lying down or sitting.

>mounting your fleshlight
Doesn't your girlfriend have a fleshlight?

>can't do anything productive for longer than 5 or so minutes without compulsively browsing Sup Forums/twitter/youtube/bullshit

how do I fix this?

Huh

I dumped my gf earlier this year.

Also why would she have one.

>Want to get into the gym
>Have back problems
>/fit/ just tells me to do deadlifts, squats, and rows

I'm concerned.

I put in two hours at the soccer field today. It is important to workout every other day and eat great food.

Put phone away, organize your pc. Maybe have one browser specifically for work with those sites blocked.

Walk on treadmill and use resistance bands if you have back problems. Be careful with you back m8

I struggle with this too. I find its more about the time you spend each time browsing more than eliminating the habit. Get each browse down to less than a minute and you should be set

It was a small weighed box resting against my footboard. I've also used a 4' tall moving box pushed against a wall.
You're going to have to get creative and really nigrig something.

There's cheap inflatable mounts you can buy if you want missionary practice.

It's an addiction to being entertained. You've got to work on your focus stamina.

When working on a task and feeling tired, in need of entertainment, keep pushing and reach new checkpoints and milestones.

Eventually, you can keep pushing your limits from 5 minutes of focus, to 10, to 20 and 40.

Best of luck.

>Walk on treadmill
But I'm trying to gain weight, senpai

I didn't know milk contained amphetamines.

I did it, just realized how badly it was feminizing and fucking my mind up. Don’t be a weed apologist I smoked weed for years then I redpilled myself one night on how bad it is. Stay as far away from it as I can, occasional puff with friends but nothing more. Just realize how much it’s sapping your aggressive male energy, you’ll never want to touch it again.

I'd use machines that stabalize your back as you work your limbs. You're not going to get as full-body a work out but its safer for your back since each machine is a localized workout. Just be careful which machines you use, use common sense.

Hey man it's been tough for me to quit after college too. Vaping instead when the cravings hit is effective, but it's gonna take some willpower. Personal goal is not to buy any in 2018. Sucks that it's legal here.

>vaping is also Jewish
Yeah well it improves working memory and reduces risk of mental illness like Alzheimer's. Particular concern in my family. Okay with it for now, I only drink socially.

This right here is the motivation you need

Willpower friend. Find some and quit.

neither are 4 bait threads about race mixing

Cut out soda entirely, already down to just one day a week but I needa get off it. Drink less coffee too. Most importantly I need to get my spending habits in order and set limits. Too many impulse buys on shit I don't really need.

if we Americans eliminated soda we'd be 100x better off

Today it beings. The Last Jedi was the last straw. Fuck you Hollywood. Fuck you Disney.

> not getting swole for the race war

We need to form white youth mma fascist clubs.
We need to have a brotherhood to belong too
We need to get fucking swole.
We need to be responsible men and start looking for a way to earn money.
We need to be the men that our father's want us to be.
My resolution is to get fucking swole and in shape for next year.
And to build a business.

Fast with me brothers. 36 hr fast this weekend, followed by a 48 hr fast after one meal.

Remember, refeed at 4:1 fruits and veggies to other stuff. Drink snake juice so you don't feel like shit.

Himalayan salt
No salt
Water

My girlfriend is so insecure that she cannot tolerate the fact I like to spend time with my family. She has ruined Christmas for me by driving a wedge between me and my family, this has been going on for 3 years now. I'm very close to breaking up with her at this point.

...

Glad to see this thread continuing to make a comeback.

Even with the house full of family today I still found time to curl up by the fire and get some reading in. It was the comfiest.

Quit dip with sunflower seeds.
Quit weed by giving away my bong and never buying it again.

I have BTFO more cringy LARPing neo pagans

Thats a terrible sign if she is doing that now it will get worse not better

I managed to achieve nofap and stop porn. Alcohol is out the window too. Made some improvements like cleaning my room and also putting everything in order on my computer (it was a mess). Now I am working on establishing a good sleeping regime. I can say I managed that. At the moment I am working on increasing productivity and I have been successful so far. Smoking is still an issue, but I will try to increase my productivity more until I tackle it, so I have something to do when I need a smoke.

that's tough user.
If she's driving the wedge, feel like it's family or her

>I'll likely be living in a new country within 8 months.
Fuck off, we're full.

>why would she have one
Why wouldn't she? She's a woman, right?

According the book The Power of Habit a habit has three parts: the trigger, the action and the reward. You literally can't replace the trigger. It is hardwired into your brain forever. But you can replace the action and the reward. So when you get that trigger/impulse to smoke you need to replace it with a new action instead of smoking. Like gum, a toothpick or some other similar oral actions. Then your brain will give you the reward which reinforces the action. Over time this new action entirely replaces the old action and the habit is altered.

This applies to all habits. If you can identify the three steps you can change any habit. An example from my own life is the habit of sleeping in. The trigger was the alarm, my action was pressing snooze and the reward was more sleep. But I changed the action so when I hear the trigger of the alarm my action is to immediately stand up out of bed without thinking, the reward becomes waking easier and having a better morning.

Work out your core bro, that's what keeps your back from being fucked. I guess use machines not free weights unless you keep it light and don't strain.

Stretch before and after working out.

Work out legs and compound excersies because the more and bigger muscles you work all of your muscles will be built.

Don't wear those fucking belts or any type of thing that "helps" your back. That shit will make your core and back more weak and you will fuck your back as soon as you take it off.

Rings are the redpill of fitness, good for you user

I can't believe he made it that old

Soda is trash. Coffee isn't bad if you don't add shit to it.

Cigarettes?
Once you quit just fucking cold turkey, as soon as you give in and take a teenie bit of nicotine it activates all your receptors and it is like starting over.

Cold fucking turkey

Sorry user, feel for you bro. I'd like to give you sage advice, but people have free will and make bad decisions. You're a good brother for caring. Do what you can, but realize that ultimately doing what you can is all you can do and it's not your fault beyond that. Best wishes to you and your sis.

That is why I am planning to isolate myself from smoke for at least a month which could be difficult. (Not going out with friends, staying away from things that could make me want to smoke, also be careful not to watch shows that has smoking in it because that triggers me hard as fuck...)

>smoke for at least
smoking*
>that has smoking in it
have*

Thanks bro.

Order "home budget workbook" best $6 I ever spent

Your back problems could be caused by a hundred different things, or cascade or combination there of. Go to a good physical therapist so they can asses you and help you unfuck yourself. It's usually way beyond just doing some deadlifts. Instability here, tightness there, weakness on this side, ect, all add up. You can rarely diagnose this stuff yourself, go see someone who knows what they are doing. You CAN fix this and come back from it.

Heh, fuck english m8. Cold turkey my friend. The way I quit dipping is when I got a little cold, i didnt work, go out and drink, go workout, anything so it was a total change up. I dipped from 16 to 26 so it was tough, but after two days starts getting easier. About a month I was good.

Try sunflower seeds.

>always try to stay positive
>just try to be a good kid
>work hard, never want to disappoint people
>want to be a man a girl's father could be proud of
>still feel like I'm never gonna make it

I know some people don't like them, but I feel like the chiropractor has been helping me. Had a history of back and neck issues. I'd go for a massage and the therapists would always tell me to try a chiropractor. Didn't do it until I got sex headaches. Worst fucking thing ever.... it would build as you're getting there and then culminate as I came. Went on for like two weeks. Doc gave me a MRI just in-case it was a problem (IT'S NOT A TUMORRRR). Started going to a chiro and I think things are better. Headaches went away... don't know if maybe it naturally went away though. Either way, sex life has never been better. I think a if you got neck/back problems best approach is a combo of massage, chiro, physical therapy, and just better lifting techniques.

Maybe acupuncture too. My wife and my aunt tried it and it worked. My wife miscarried prior to trying it and it helped get back to normal after. My aunt has a fucked up neck and it's the only thing that has ever worked.

Yeah I told her I was going to eat dinner with my family then head to her apartment. She yelled at me for not inviting her, then said she has felt unwelcome for the 3 years we've been dating (happens every Christmas) and told me to stay home. It's fucked up

A journal used to be a man mapping his whole mind, every experience, every vision, every wantom loves of desire, all his horrors and hates. The most sights he did see, the mystery and wonderment of nature, of god, of self.
His procreation, and his debt.

Today you are mainly lost to know how ...
In a vault full of treasures YOUR value is the most,
>It is only a book, but is also ones jouney.

>youtu.be/oPgHx2unj6w
I wish more kids where opinionated like this one

You're going to make it bro. If you truly are a positive, good dude, don't change that. If you're acting that way to get tail then that's the problem. Become that guy and you will find your mate. If you're are that guy, be patient and don't sweat it.

Seriously user, weed is just as hard to quit as smoking. Been smoking both since the 90s. Been trying to quit, its like my lung and hungry ans angery, heart races, migraine hits, anxiety kicks in. This shit happens when i start running low. Dont even have to necessarily be out of weed or tobacco. I absolutely hate it. I do live the act of smoking... even when i was a kid i would smoke leaves out of native American peace pipe and steal cigs from my parents. Pretty much lost of what to do. I dont like the nic gum, patch or vaping at all and im not gunna take meds. I guess just gotta quit cold turkey and suffer the with drawl. Not easy to do when yah know you can just smoke a bowl and relax -relatively anyway.