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>What is SIG?

Self Improvement General started years ago as a means to help people achieve their dreams and to stop being helpless. We share knowledge, resources, and above all a commitment to be the best versions of ourselves.

>How do I participate?

Easy! You become a regular in the general. Adopt a posting style, a character you associate yourself with, and then hop in the general whenever you see it to update us on your progress!

>What should I improve?

Anything! Talk about fitness goals, finance, talk about your book, college, dating, ect.

>>81724872 (OP)
all caps DBZ poster!!!!
I SUMMON YOU!!!!!

died after 5 replies award

>>81724872 (OP)
>self-improvement
Anyone else just totally wiped out by a sheer lack of will power? I really want to self-improve but I feel like I only ever take one step forwards and two steps back. I work out sometimes, but not nearly enough to mitigate my weight gain. I still don't have much money, I still barely engage with my hobbies, and I still have no social skills. I would like to be better but I'm just not good at much of anything.

>>81724906
yeah, why else do you think we're here?

>>81724906
I just have chronic fatigue. It all started when I collapsed from exhaustion a long time ago, I never really recovered.

>>81724906
Unironically start taking caffeine pills. Your mind is in the right place but your body is complacent. Force your hand by taking 200 to 400 mg of caffeine, 200 per pill. Your max limit is 400 mg, or 2 pills per day.
Better than any antidepressant I've found.

>>81724906
yeah, i def suffer from this followed by high bursts of energy. today i slept until like 8am then went back to sleep and woke up at 1pm.
the other day the only thing that dragged me out the house was the fact the dojo was a sparring day which i only go to in so i can punish myself

I got accepted in a university a few weeks ago and will start my first semester in the next winter.

Along with that, I try to pick Philosophy and history back up and try to improve my rhetorical and literary skills after 2 years of degeneration by the lack of reading and 24/7 social media use.

I don't have much hope and after all my failed attempts to find a job for myself this is the last thing to fully realise my adult life besides joining the Army. If this fails, it is probably over.

>>81724979
i joined the marines at 17-18, it got my away from my dads house and i think its the only thing that kept me from becoming a full blown NEET
but if you're smart enough to go to school why do that? will you become an officer?

>>81724950
As much as I would love a pill to give me discipline, I don't think that will actually happen. I think my mind is definitely not in the right place; I'm failing because I am fundamentally slothful, not because I'm just tired.

>>81725014
i'm also a naturally lazy easily distracted guy, i tried to buy some Adderall, but really i think the solution sometimes is to change your environment to something that actually inspires you to do something

>>81725014
The bottles are $6 for 80 pills, what do you have to lose by trying?
I am telling you that these things changed my life. You deserve to be your best self, give it a go.

Hey! If you're interested in it, over a year ago I created a dis server for updates and light conversation when this general wasn't active. If you're interested in joining, it's MVYmFghK

If you want improvement don't do a general. All the generals on this board are low quality trash.

Conceive a better system, improve

>>81725034
I get it, but I already take antidepressants and lion's mane and magnesium, and I'm looking into weight loss pills, iodine, and test. At some point I have to accept that the problem is me and it can't be solved with more and more supplements.

>>81725001
Joining the military was what I have always wanted before I graduated from School. Was a pretty fanatic military history buff, decently physically capable and highly nationalistic. But this wish feel out of favour for me because I started to realise that my autism would hinder any career in the military, knowing myself I'd probably mentally break down before I have even finished training.

>>81725066
Hey, don't critique me! You don't even know me!

>>81725080
i consider myself considerably low iq as a result of my parents not really teaching me anything, poor socialization and head trauma from sports and martial arts as well as being beat up alot as a kid.
I made it to E4 and damn near E5 some people in my family died but i quit with the plan to try and join a more specialised unit later.
I also knew some high iq autistic guys in the marines as well(literally the toughest most disciplined branch) i think you could make it in the army, but since you went to school look into army officer programs they got one for helicopter pilots

I WILL CREATE A FITNESS PLAN
I WILL BECOME THE STRONGEST IN THE UNIVERSE
I WILL BE IMMORTAL

>>81725062
cute comfy server, thanks anon. Does mascot girl have a name?

>>81725145
Jazz! Her goal is to help all robots improve their lives.
Thanks for joining the Discord! :3

>>81725108
Well, I come from Germany. They have high standards for the officer corps as the surplus of academical people make it a highly desired and overstaffee job. Afaik the standards have dropped since the Russo-Ukraine war, but even then. I doubt they want an insecure 5'5 foot Turkish-Bosnian Autist whose only quality is a decent IQ and a thorough knowledge in German History and certain political-philosphical movements between 1920 to the 30's. In fact, I would even say if I join the army, I'd be better in the lower ranks as I'm more the kind of person who clings to authority and follows the orders of others. But even as an obidient Soldier, I'd either end up bullied or drag the rest of my potential comrades down and I cannot live content with the knowlege of being a detriment to other people.

I appreciate your advice, however a person like me would be a lost cause in the military. Maybe civil service is more suitable to me and if the plan with studying law in the university fail, I might consider joining a civil branch in the military like logistics or the IT branch

>>81725165
What if I want to get worse?

>>81724872 (OP)
This sea monkey will try to be less hateful against himself

>>81725062
>Discord server
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand dropped. Only normalfags use pisscord

>>81725198
Become the icebreaker, Harry

>>81725221
trannies and pedophiles do too though

>>81724979
Forgot to mention, next week Internship in a German court for the position of Rechtspfleger (specifically German and Austrian Position, doesn't have an equivalent elsewhere in this world). Last week I applied to study for this position, prepares it months in advance. Succeeded with the entry exam, but I assume during the interview I didn't give the satisfactory answers, especially since the other candidates all had experience with the German ciurt while I was what they considered a newbie in this subject, so I got rejected a day later.

>>81725165
I want to ____ Jazz!

I'm a fucking bipolar fuck with a drinking problem, I do fine as long as I have something to keep me occupied like work or something else but I've been on vacation for 3 weeks and its just deteriorated me and it reminds me of how I don't have any friends or hobbies I'm just a fat fucking loser. How do I make friends or find hobbies or something, people seem to do this effortlessly and yet I have none.

>>81725324
JAZZ IS NOT FOR ROMANCING, CRETIN!

>>81724872 (OP)
I've been fit/healthy, with money in the bank, hot girlfriend and I was still miserable, depressed & suicidal.
Some people are just doomed and that's why I'm having serious thoughts on how best to kill myself right now. Wrists length ways bleed out in the tub

>>81725362
Genuinely asking, have you ever read anything by Charles Bukowski? You sound like he did in interviews.

>>81725334
I know this feeling all too well and the shitty part is, there is special formula to find friends. Either you stumble into a friendship or form a closer relationship with people you are stuck with in life anyway.

My advice would be to find a group hobby. Something like Warhammer would be the most likely to yield fruits in the search to find friends as this hobby forces people to socialise with each other

However it's pretty expensive and time consuming, so I wouldn't recommend it. But discord servers for video games or other common interests would be a good start. It at least helped with me. Join one dealing with a subject you are failry knowledgeable about and slowly insert yourself into the group. Ideally don't mention your desperation, otherwise people will assume you are taking advantage of them.

>>81725334
You sound like a long term project! I'd love to dig into this with you. Where do you want to start?

>>81725334
perhaps you should join the server

>>81725381
Thanks very good advice I think but I have discord friends already, what im lacking is irl friends outside of work.

>>81725391
>Where do you want to start?
I dont know, I guess im just missing personal connection with people irl?

What to do when you don't feel motivated to do anything at all, anons?

>>81725449
You're not gonna like the answer, you have to force yourself.

>>81725465
Forcing myself lasts for like a week max then I'm right back to where I was before.

>>81725433
speaking of discord friends, I regularly try to push all of them away because they try to make me feel better when Im in a low.
I really appreciate them but I still prefer if I didnt have them?

>>81725433
Listen that's a really big topic and I don't want to pretend like I have all the answers right now, since a lot of it is going to require digging into your personal history.
Friends are definitely easiest to find at work or school, you mentioned you're on vacation from work, for how long? Are all of your coworkers really not friendship material?

I was self improving by reading philosophy but I became a mega schizo who thought ghosts are attacking me every night. Like legit cant sleep all night because of fears of the supernatural. Not sure what to spend my time on.

>>81724872 (OP)
My self improvement goal is to put me peener en teh vageener

>>81725482
>then I'm right back to where I was before.
yes and then you have to do it again, I'm really sorry but I think this is how it works, you do it until it becomes a habit and then you won't think about it anymore. Thats how it's worked for me.

i think i've gotten fatter
i used to hover around 113 lbs (51 kg) and am now about 120 (54)
what should i do?

for context, i'm 5'7" (170 cm) and 30
i can still maneuver (one-handed three-finger push-ups, finger-tip L-sit, single-leg squat etc.) but i don't think i like my new "baseline" (120 lbs)

>>81725508
what books or authors did you read that made you this way anon?

>>81725506
>Are all of your coworkers really not friendship material?
Some of them are but they don't relate to me on a personal level, if we met outside of work we would have nothing in common and nothing to talk about.
I'm on vacation for another week and I almost long for work to have something to do again.

>>81725540
Evola but also got a lot into politics

>>81725433
Well, I don't have experience with this, but my father often meets his friends in the bar whenever he is playing dart with strangers drunk. Granted, he is a particularly extroverted type of Person, but maybe it helps you too. Tough I would advice against it if you try to solve your drinking problem

>>81725062
ANYONE WHO JOINS TODAY IS GETTING AN OG TAG THAT WILL NEVER BE GIVEN OUT AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JUST THINK WHEN THIS GENERAL CROSSES OVER TO THE DOUBLE, TRIPLE, AND QUADRUPLE DIGITS, YOU'LL BE SORRY YOU DIDN'T JOIN!

>>81725573
>Evola
ive never read him but im guessing you wouldnt recommend him judging by your experience. all i know about him is that he was very esoteric and very fascist and thats about it. are there any particularly noteworthy ideas that he had?

>>81725531
Are you a girl or what lol

>>81725498
You should add me on Discord! :3
redtoyko
or join the Self Improvement General Discord!
MVYmFghK

How can I self improve to the point where I don't need 4chan anymore?

>>81725640
I actually would recommend him but haven't read much to say, but so far in ride the tiger he's analyzing nihilism and he seems very knowledgeable/it's well written so i like what Im reading so far. I don't it spooks me combined with the politics stuff I've read since he claims the world is corrupt at a spiritual level. But maybe it's more the politics I was watching stuff on the side so I could keep reading.

>>81725725
Hey! Like anything, 4chan can be added into a healthy area of your life!
You don't need to quit! What about it is bothering you?

>>81725844
I just spend all my time lurking here going in degenerate threads....

>>81724872 (OP)
I associate with this character

>>81725506
>>81725391
What ai model did you use to generate her?

>>81725856
If you're unhappy with the threads you're browsing, go to a different board! Lately I've become a regular again on /fit/ and /lit/ after many years away. 4chan is at it's heart a hobby oriented website, make sure you're flexing your resources!
>>81725881
Hey! I'm a real person!

>>81725498
can I ask why you feel this way? my best friend is similar and he's icing me out. id love to try to understand why and what's the best option here.

hey so is it like whitepill ?

This is the system I use, by the way. I set different goals for different categories and timeframes. I failed this week; all I did was spend time with grandma and make progress on the second job. But I think it's because my parents are always around, and I can't work on stuff very easily when they're with me

Doing nofap so i can achieve world domination.
Building routine and weight for improved rule.

>>81726033
Kinda!
I've always felt like everyone should be the best versions of themselves possible. /r9k/ is at it's best when we're coming together to help each other out, y'know?
So why not make it a general? If you have any worries, any doubts, anything you need people to collaborate on, just come to us!
>>81726079
This is great!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry I didn't respond in the Discord lol
>>81726094
That's wonderful!!!!!!!!!!! How many days in are you? If you join our server you can share a daily progress update with us :3

I'm too old for self-improvement (25)

>>81726160
bro you're young it's never over as long as you're not dead

>>81726175
>aging isn't real

>>81726160
That's not that bad! I won't lie to you, you are a quarter century old, do you have anything going for you?
Job history?
Relationship history?
Friends?
Money?
Car?
Education?

>>81726152
>How many days in are you
Consecutively? Two. But im no stranger to this fight. Managed 9 months last time. Then my first wet dream of my life which came about a decade late (lol, goes to show how bad things are) broke my moral for some reason. One or two years after that is today and im on nofap again. Cold turkey works best. No tapering off.

Not interested in discord.

>>81726241
>Not interested in Discord
Why not?
It lets me stay in touch with my friends, for free, and track their progress, at no cost. We're all in a server together supporting each other and cheering each other on, why would you NOT want to belong with that cohort?

>>81726241
BAD ANON !

>>81724872 (OP)
>One of my coworkers is leaving my current job. >I'm also leaving. My new position has killed my work/life balance.
>I got her number this week.
>I have yet to make any romantic intent clear.
What do I do now? Should I just invite her somewhere by text? I barely speak with her at work anymore because of the new position they have me in.

>>81726289
Discord servers are the main cause of imageboard decline. Their users don't even hide when you point their shilling out. There are a billion reasons to be honest. Even if there are one or two good ones, this one might be one of them, im not joining out of principle. This is not the first invitation i have declined.

>>81725844
>tfw no slightly muscular /sig/ gf
Wholesome, thoughbeit.

I put my self improvement post in the wrong thread

Hey!!!!!! I need to go shower.
Remember to join the server!- MVYmFghK
>>81726365
Invite her somewhere via text before the momentum dies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The longer you go, the weirder it would be! Strike TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!
>>81726367
I agree! I think imageboards are dying. The goal is to make a positive and safe space that can carryon without. The hack earlier this year made me realize I gotta get off my tuckus and make sure that the light lives on :3
just promise me you'll stick around the general!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>>81726289
are there any girls
I hate sausage party discords

>>81725078
Have you tried taking Dopamine supplements, or Dopamine precursors like L-Tyrosine? Sounds like a motivation issue and Dopamine is essential for motivation.

>>81726227
>do you have anything going for you?
>Job history?
>Relationship history?
>Friends?
>Money?
>Car?
>Education?

>>81726456
Jazz is biofem I've seen her pussy

>>81724872 (OP)
How do I control my emotions? Everytime I try to self-improve I feel like I'm just doing it to please other people which enrages me and makes me stop. I hate people too much. I want them to suffer. I feel happy when something bad happens to other people, even my "friends", my colleagues, my own family. I love reading/watching the news and seeing desperate boomers in the comments, it's one of my favorite ways to pass the time. And of course I love coming to this board and seeing all the misery and hatred. But this isn't good. This is childish at best, evil at worst. How do I stop being evil?

>>81726514
Hey I'm in the shower but don't leave k wanna talk to you!!!!!!!! Or join the server lol

What can I do as a man to raise my sex appeal as a man? I'm not really ugly face wise but I dont think I have any sex appeal. Like I'm a bit tall 6'2 but lanky as fuck. Besides tats and getting jacked anything else I can do? Really debating getting a full arm tat and doing anabolic steroids for like 4-5 months

>>81724872 (OP)
>lost 17 lbs this year
>have a just over 6 figure job
>low rent relative to my area
>no student loan debt
And yet I still command zero respect from family or colleagues because I don't have a wife or friends and am terrible at talking to people.

Trust a 31 year old boomer here whose been trying to improve for years, social skills are the end all be all. If you don't have them, get them, because normies only care about how you make them feel in the moment. It's maddening to have to excel seemingly twice as much to get the same respect as some guy who simply fucked 10 girls in college.

>>81726935
If you have your shit together cant you just use tinder? Objectively speaking you are in the age range considered most attractive by women. Even if you are ugly as shit just flex your shit in the pictures and you'll def get likes, I say this because I know ugly fat betas who get a shit ton of matches weekly and are able to sleep with 3-4 girls casually every 2 weeks or so

How do I improve my height?

i may have quit smoking pot

Hey I'm back from my shower! Sometimes 4chan thinks posts are spam so let's see how many people I can reply to individually before I burn out lol
>>81726496
Haha, maybe it was on me for asking. That seems like a good place to start! Which item on that list would improve your life the most?

>>81726514
Why is it evil to enjoy things you enjoy? You'd be fighting an uphill battle! You should learn to love your friends and family for sure, that's an interesting puzzle to solve, but if you're a person who's brain tells them "mmmmm good feeling when bad happen" who am I to tell you that's wrong?
We're designed to get laid, eat good food, physically exert ourselves, and rest. Anything else is just optional make believe. Do you feel like your relationships are being hindered by this?
>>81726858
/fa/!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Personal style!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What's your personal scent!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ect.
Also just being a passionate & goal oriented person helps lmao
>>81726935
Those people don't deserve you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Join our community!

>>81727050
You can't!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Who told you you can lol

>>81727080
Why? How much do you consume per day?

>>81725066
>If you want improvement don't do a general.
i would even say if you want improvement dont even use this site

>>81727542
Hey! I reject that idea!
4chan is a hobby enthusiast website! There's nothing inherently wrong with it!
Yeah, people suck! Newsflash: PEOPLE SUCK! You have to get through the bullshit to find the good people!

HOW CAN YOU IMPROVE A MICROPENIS JAZZ
TELL ME PLEASE

2023
>academics in freefall, rock bottom
>no job
>no friends
>fat (110kg)
>no gf
>no self-esteem
>not being able to sleep because of stress and depression
>heavy hairloss

2025
>finished degree
>good job, steady income
>slightly less fat (88kg)
>much much much better mentally
>hairloss almost stopped
but
>still not fit
>still no gf
>barelly any friends

Ive solved many big and difficult problems but im not done , i still have things to solve but im getting burned out. 2 years grinding to try to save myself, and still a lot of work to be done.
I have some weird thing that i dont feel happiness after achieving big milestones, i just force myself to feel good and happy. So many years in the mud, with absolutelly no reason to smile takes a toll

>>81727588
>hobby enthusiast
this is some loser shit. there are way better places for particular hobbies. lets be honest, its a saturday night in most of the western world, we could be partying and fucking prime pussy, but we are here on 4chan

>>81727642
thats the hole you fall into with self improvement,
there's usually no end goal. even though i technically "self improve" i kinda just see it as just eliminating problems in my life not so much attaining anything. i've made enough money to not need much and i don't gamble my income away anymore.
i'm back to my martial arts, self care, writing etc
i don't think any of these things are really improvements i guess nor do i think ill get a gf out of them but they definitely addressed the problems in my life.
hope this POV helps even though its quite grim still

>>81727632
You can't! Sorry if that's you!
You can find enrichment in other areas of your life, but you really should hard-focus on some personal philosophy and spritual guidance to accept your body as it is!!
You should look up some videos from the "visually disabled" crowd! They have lots of inspiring stories about being gawked at and thought of as a freak for their body!!

jazz is ai slop and will be executed by guillotine at noon lol

hit 165 bench (130 bw) and learned a new song on the guitar i love improoooving!!!

>>81727632
if you really have a micropenis, try hormonal treatment. if its just small, then penis enlargement
dont believe this nigga >>81727688 here

>>81727632
honestly i have to agree with this>>81727725 anon instead, if there is a TANGIBLE way to fix a problem try that first THEN cope after don't throw your hands up and start coping immediately.
This is why i love making money so much it is a tangible way to fix problems or improve your life

>>81727682
> i kinda just see it as just eliminating problems in my life not so much attaining anything
you enter the self-improvement routine that at some point it becomes the new normal and you cant escape , your life turns into an endless task list

I want to finish with all of this at some point , now that im much better mentally, i want to go alone (because i dont have anyone to go with) to a club to dance , just because i like clubs , im about to book a trip to go hiking, i will do it, maybe i meet someone .

Thats the thing ive learned, you need to be outside for things to happen. If you stay indoors, you life passes over very VERY fast , months and months pass by. Yes, its pathetic to go to some places alone, but whats the other option ? Stay in your room on the internet 24/7 ? I dont want that.

>>81727701
Hey, I'm a real person!
>>81727704
Great job honey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>81727725
>>81727745
Penis surgery sounds insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's your weiner!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why would you want to cut it lol

>>81727781
>Penis surgery sounds insane
nobody said anything about surgery. there are practical ways to increase your penis

>>81727773
i understand, thats why i'm kind of an underachiever i just eliminate my problems and do things to pass the time.
Gambling addiction? stop gambling nigga
Homeless?work construction for a year and save 40k so that shit never happens again
hate my environment and lonely? moving back home to see if my friends are still there.
I have a real short bucket list.
>>81727781
i mean if it fixes his dick and he can use it in a meaningful way then....yeah cut that bitch up and turn it into a dangler, fortune favors the bold as they say.

>>81724872 (OP)
Are there Europeans? I like the cute impovement girl as the mascot btw. Seems like a good egregore so I might join.

>>81724872 (OP)
I'm working to loose my NTR fetish, it's going pretty well. I'm starting to realize I don't even like NTR I just accidentally came across it while horny too many times.

>>81727542
This is an offtopic board anon. It's only full of trash due to retard mods, but even if you want to believe in le demoralization, the fact it can only come in the same repeated screenshots over and over is a testament of the nothing material they actually have

Would be onboard to have a self improvement topic but this mix of discord and aislop ain't it anyway

>>81724950
>>81725034
Not him, but I might try this. I've been under depression spells for a while now and I'm tired of being like this.

>>81728032
I'm proud of you, Anon. Become the warrior you were always meant to be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oGqIfnIAEA&list=RD6oGqIfnIAEA&start_radio=1&pp=ygUIaHVydCBuaW6gBwE%3D

>>81728060
What's a good thread playlist app?

I love to see a nice bit of positivity around.

>>81728161
Thanks!! Seems like things are cooling off around here. If anyone has anything else they wanna talk about I'll lurk :3

fucking normalnigger avatarfags i hope you all spontaneously combust

>>81728277
God forbid we have fun before we die

>>81724872 (OP)
I remember just over a year ago there was a over 30 general. I posted in it as I was finishing a 25km walk a couple of days before starting my first big boy job. I'm one of the better performers on my team, my waifu and I are looking at buying a house with six figures in savings, and I may have a new opportunity later in the year.

However I'm still overweight, and I still drink too much. I'm lazy when it comes to deepening my understanding of my job and I need to study more considering my age. I don't want to be a tubby alcoholic father with no time to study when children come. And I want to look better for my wife. WAGMI

>>81728303
you should try getting into BJJ and stuff alot of older guys do it, do you know why you drink so much? what triggers it per se.

>>81728303
LISTEN
IT'S CAFFEINE PILLS
TAKE CAFFEINE PILLS

>>81728384
man you've been shilling caffeine pills for a minute now bubba....

>>81728325
I think it's a habit I've picked up. Originally it started in my 20s after a break up. Now I will drink for a couple of months and then stop for several weeks. My closest friends brew alcohol, we all drink and it's fun to drink and play vidya with the bros. Today after I get back from Church I know I'll probably smash an 8 pack of beers and some wine while I cook and bake bread. I need to stop because it's expensive here and I worry for my health but when I'm drinking I don't want to stop even though I know when I'm weeks into sobriety I have no desire to drink. Work can be stressful (same for anyone) but I'm also a board member for a dysfunctional group which is extremely stressful due to how retarded some decisions are. Basically it's boredom, stress and social environment. Sorry for the long ass rambling post that probably doesn't make sense, I just don't really have anywhere to voice these thoughts.

The only issue with BJJ (which I'm interested in) is that it requires a schedule and my work sometimes sees me working odd hours. I'm getting back into running and cycling and when we have purchased a house I'll get another power rack and start lifting again. Weight loss always comes when I stop drinking because I'm not very interested in eating food.

I appreciate you asking me a question anon. I figured my blogpost would be ignored. Sometimes it's good to just vomit your thoughts into the ether.

>>81728384
W-well if Majin Vegeta says to do it...

>>81728277
Here's your (You) niggy

>>81728404
Hey, that's what the general is all about!

>>81728404
i also just vomit my thoughts out so i understand.
I consider myself an observer, i just....observe shit and say what i think about it.
Before i quit my job balancing it with school and going to the dojo was sooooo hard.
you might have to do it a couple days a week or weekend and take a week or two off everynow and then idk.
thats what i did, it put huge holes in my training schedule.
I used to gamble alot when i was a teen. it was my vice version of drinking i guess
watching 1000s of dollars disappear into the ether as i spun those virtual slots was so....hnnnnnng.
something always triggered me, maybe i was really horny or bored or something.
i somehow managed to quit it even though i loved it more than anything.
Gambling away cash,gooning and watching garbage anime made me happier than fuck but i had to recognize the strain it was putting on my life.
Idk how its like to have kids and a wife and stuff, but if you've made it there you life mog me like fuck.
In my dumb nigger opinion you just need to recognize that these are the things in life that will replace that beer in your hand, after that you can take simple steps to be the best man you can be for you people.
And realistically you can try to drink less in any case.
Maybe if you fix your diet, work out, hydrate and reduce your drinking you'll be fine you have good motivators in your life as well.

I wanna be a teacher :(

>>81728475
We have two in our server! Join it! :3
Doooo itttttt mwahahaha

>>81728439
We're all gonna make it

>>81728463
>you life mog me like fuck.
Objectively incorrect anon. You overcame going, gambling and (potentially the worst thing to ever exist), anime. From your post it seems you're younger than me. I have a number of friends who are younger and those three things seem to fuck your generation so hard. And from my understanding, dropping gambling is incredibly difficult and has the ability to seriously destroy your life. I think we're competing with the many different versions of ourselves and you dodged ending up being a destitute troon. You're doing well anon.
>things in life that will replace that beer in your hand
This is true. And sometimes, even overcoming something negative for the sake of overcoming it is the good thing per se.
>you'll be fine
We're all going to be fine anon. Hope posting is the best posting

>>81727632
Become celibate. Renounce sexuality with your heart and soul. A micropenis is a terrible curse, why would you want to pass that curse to your children? It's evil that your own ancestors cursed you. Be stronger and more noble than all of them and end it

I am here and I will join your data-mining Discord

>>81728701
Glad to have you! MVYmFghK

>>81728591
well i definitely still stroke my dick but not as badly as i did before i don't really have an option unless i fuck prozzies.
i still watch anime and shit,
i don't think i really overcame anything it just had to be done i had to just uh lock in as they say.
I don't think i was destined to be a troon? Like not even a little lol I was training my ass off in the military trying to get into an infantry unit so that was my way of destressing.
i never made it but it just wasn't something i was ready for i needed more experience for sure.
but yeah i guess hope is nice and all i'm not really waiting for anything in life just passing the time and making sure my life isn't ruined by anything, staying healthy and stuff, give people advice if i can

>>81724872 (OP)
Does being sober from drinking count as self improvement? I haven't watched any tv either.

Today I downloaded some ableton packs and I played piano for 50min. Now I'm gonna jerk off. I'm such a lazy faggot nigger.

OP had better be a woman, if you want me to self improve then have sex with me

>>81728815
Absolutely! If they were having a negative impact on your life.
What TV did you used to like?
>>81728834
What's an Ableton pack?
>>81728858
Do your eyes not work?

>>81728968
like a pack of sounds and presets to use. I downloaded the ones used in silent hill cause I wanna re-make end of small sanctuary.

>>81728968
>Absolutely! If they were having a negative impact on your life.
I forget to mention I have been sober for nearly a year now. Like the last Sunday/Monday of July.
>What TV did you used to like?
I would usual watch the weather channel or the news but that became so dull. Before that it was watching any modern shows like bobs burgers, Family guy, south park, etc. Nothing seems to entertain me anymore. Not even video games either. I just play this one game every day (Kantai collection "Kancolle"). I am currently building model military vehicles or well getting back into it, started back in April. I have built 8 tanks now. Starting to branch out a bit since its getting a bit boring doing the same thing over and over again too.

Wow this thread is still going, have a victory bump

>>81729070
Hey, thanks!!!!!!!!
Hope people like it :3 hehehe

>>81724872 (OP)
HELLO SELF IMPROVEMENT GENERAL
IT IS JULY FIFTH
I AM GOUNG TO GET SO FUCKING GOOD AT ART THIS MONTH
VAN GOUGH WILL PERSONALLY SUCK ME OFF WHEN I GET TO HELL
i am doing it for my waifu
i want to draw femboy anal sex
today im going to study anatomy of ears more and do some practice drawings, i already made a few pose copies as well
i rlly suck]
i want to suck less so i can do the previously mentioned
not the shitty kind either the type that really makes you nut hard
ok yea will cum back to this thread l8r wen i can peace

>>81729175
Bye! It was nice to meet you!

>>81728968
>Do your eyes not work?
Yeah, does your vagina work? I need some sex right now

>>81729175
are you sure that your waifu wants to see femboy anal sex? why don't you draw a picture of you two getting married instead

>>81724872 (OP)
Hi OP.
are you a boy or a girl.

>>81729848
WHAT KIND OF QUESTION IS THAT????? OF COURSE I'M A GIRL!!!!!!! ARE YOU BLIND?!?!?!

>>81724872 (OP)
we're so back self improvement bros..

I'm gonna do 50 bicep curls today. Its time to feel good about my body again.

>>81724872 (OP)
I started doing calisthenics over a year ago and now I'm pretty happy with how my body looks

>>81724872 (OP)
This is my year. I've been doing a lot to get back on track and I'm doing my best to keep going.

Nice, a good thread for once.

To the people talking about a lack of willpower, this is largely due to a bad diet and a lack of exercise.
Your body has become used to inaction and inaction quite literally causes depression.

Cooking your own meals (and eating your veggies) will already make a huge difference in your way of thinking.
Learning to love cooking is gonna be a huge help in motivating yourself.

If you have the money for it, a slowcooker/crockpot is the easiest way to make delicious meals without too much effort.
Just look at pic related. It looks great, tastes delicious and is actually healthy for you:
https://www.cookingclassy.com/slow-cooker-chili/

>>81724906
I'm wiped out because i did IMPOOOOVE but saw no benifit to my life. I thought by having a better body, more money ect along with following how to win friends and influence people would finally let me have friends but I guess not. I keep saying this but normalfags cant digest it, you're life is predetermined and you cant fix it.

>>81731973
>i did everything other people told me to do, why am i still unhappy?
Instead of blindly following guidelines, how about you try meditating on what you think would make you happy?
And if the answer is "nothing", it might be time to talk to a doctor about getting yourself on happy pills before you kill yourself.

>>81732066
I want friends but im treated like a backround character. I did the normie bullshit to make myself more likable but im still treated the same.

>>81732091
Anon, you are a square peg trying to put yourself in a round hole.
Stop trying to enter that hole and figure out where else you can put yourself in.
We can't do this thinking for you.

I shall not be replying to your posts any further until you've shown you put in actual effort into thinking about this problem.

if we're talking neet fitness, the walking pad + standing desk combo remains unmatched
>get to play vidya while exercising at least 6 hours a day
>exhausts you enough to get a good nights rest

>>81732154
I wasn't asking for advice, just letting the improvers here know that the life you have now is the life you have forever and it is unchangable due to the factors you were born with. I've frankly given up on humaity and have resigned to drinking and playing vidya. I can do that guilt free knowing I did give life a good try but the world didnt want me

>>81732229
>i have attempted and achieved nothing and no one else may achieve anything either
Don't be a crab in the bucket, anon.

>>81732303
Their is no such thing as acheivements you work for, its achievments you are given, that's all i'm saying. You wont get what you work for if the world hasnt already given it to you

>>81724872 (OP)
A few days ago i went on a bkie trip and traveled about 150km throught the day.
Its my new personal record, though i think i can do much better.
>>81732157
>neet fitness
As NEETs we have so much more time to exercise, no excuse.

>>81732760
>bkie
bike

Not even sure what to do. Got my med and things are getting better but I'm still stuck.

Lately just been wanting to work on my hobbies while talking to people who are curious to.ask questions or understand what I am doing.

Nothing seems to work. I just got nothing but these chick's who think I'm interesting but then have nothing to say themselves. Been trying for a good year now with zero result's. I've received more nudes than I have discord calls and streams. I just don't get it. I know my interests are like autistic nerd stem shit but you'd think with the whole wide internet I could find one person. Not even looking for a relationship either it's just difficult to meet decent people period.

>>81733037
Your mistake is thinking women are intellectual. They're not.
You want to talk nerd shit? Find friends who are also in nerd shit.
Your girlfriend/wife should be there to support you doing nerd shit.

>>81733227
I'm not seeking women out. I'm just looking for ANYONE into this nerd shit.

The only people who are adding me are these brain dead chicks. Then if I add im not looking to speak to anyone who identity as female then I get several bitching and complaining or trying to find out why I don't want to talk to women. It's like hollyyyyyyy fuck.

Then the rare time I do get a guy who is into the same shit, it's like I have to schedule a mother fucking appointment. You added me and now I have to wait on your shit before I can actually the thing I wanted?

It's just this over and over and over. If we rolled the clock back 10 years I would be talking to some autistic nerds right now and enjoying myself.

>>81724872 (OP)
my only motivation was art but now it's all ai
i game to escape my cruel existence

>>81733277
>I'm just looking for ANYONE into this nerd shit.
What kind of nerd shit?
>You added me and now I have to wait on your shit before I can actually the thing I wanted?
Well, yes. That's how life works. You can't just expect all others to conform around your needs and wants.

>>81733288
Yes life happens, so you are telling me when you go out to.make friends and meet people you make them wait weeks on end to actuallyndo the things you are meeting them for?

Most of it is stem related. Electronic repair, programming mostly microcontroller but pc programming too, 3d printing, modifications, it's really hard to nattoe it down around there ad I jump between many things depending on my needs.

Then we do have the standard nonsense video games and what not. Also garden and draw but not as much as the other stuff I do.

>>81733333
In other words, you are a massive sperg who can't keep his attention focused on a single thing for longer than a few seconds while also expecting all other people in your life to change their schedules to fit yours.
You sound insufferable to be around, not gonna lie.

>>81733354
Absolutely not. If i couldn't keep my attention on things for more than a few seconds I wouldn't get anything done. But wow a sperg on 4chan woowwieeee.

Not expecting anyone to change their lives for me either. See you're just trying go be a retard. It's reallllllll easy to not look FOR FRIENDS WHEN YOURE FUCKING BUSY.

Like holy shit did people not teach you first impressions matter? Like really you go to a post from someone asking for calls and stuff on a regular basis and thrn you message them but tell them they have to wait several weeks before you can call and you've only just met.

In the real world your ass would have Bern kicked to the curb because that's some grade A bullshit. It is not my business to have to track your schedule. If I have to then you aren't looking for friends. It's people like you that have made this shit hard for literally no reason.

>>81733408
Too long, didn't read. Go whine somewhere else, will you?

>>81733419
Maybe SIG should remain dead. You guys clearly ain't trying to improve.

>>81733445
We're trying to improve and support those trying to improve. You're just here to bitch and whine.
Please remove yourself from the premises. Come back when you wish to improve yourself.

>>81733445
Have I got just the thread for you >>81733364

>>81724872 (OP)
Every time /r9k/ tries to push self improvement, it 100% fails. I've been here 10 years now. I've seen it happen every single time. It sounds good at first, but the despair takes over.

>>81733491
Well, duh. Everyone who improves themselves successfully manages to escape this shithole. Only the dregs remain.

>>81733463
Well considering the thread and how many of you are bitching I see very little improvement here.

My life is improving thought I could get advice from here but clearly you people are incapable if performing.

Starting to wonder if any of you even improve at all. Not like any of you show any fucking progress. Ah well this whole general will be dead again like before and I'll be improving regardless.

>>81733545
I've tried to start improvement threads in the past. It just doesn't work because the very specific types of people drawn to /r9k/ in the first place are flat out incapable of improving. I'm still here and nothing has changed. So I've accepted that I cannot improve to the standards of the norm. I can improve by my own terms. Which is ultimately the pursuit of pleasure.

>>81733563
I mean maybe but there are still people out there. Im one of them I'm assuming you are too. Hell the hobby threads awhile back shown that there are still people here.

It's always going to be an uphill battle but there is no gas here. Hell I don't think I've personally seen anyone show off how they improved at all. Just talking complaining then shitting on people that don't respond in a way that is liked.

That does not make a very good community if you can even make one at all.

the way to escape this place is to get a life. I never post on 4chan when I have a job and friends.

>goal physique
been thinking about geting back into philosophy lately, like Evola, Mishima etc. if anyone has any recomendations

also looking forward to socialize and leave my room more hopefully

We are so back on sig

>>81733613
The Prince, unironically.

>>81733545
>>81733595
Can you fuck off already? Jesus Christ.
You have no friends because you are absolutely insufferable.
I'd tell you to go work on your personality, but there is no cure for the level of autism you suffer from.

>>81724872 (OP)
Getting drunk on a Sunday morning. This counts as self improvement because I'm improving my happiness! I belong in this thread!

>>81733707
Please move along, sir: >>81733364

>>81733678
Quite literally the crab king trying to keep his subjects down. Disgusting.

>>81731906
+1 vote for the value of cooking. I think it's enjoyable, something you have to do anyway, something that gives you further control over your nutrition, and a good conversation point too since everyone likes food and can appreciate a someone who likes cooking.

I just finished my workout at the gym. Despite weeks of physical inactivity, my body remained the same and I didn't have to lower weight anywhere. Feels good, in a few months I will have abandoned my skinfag physique.

I've been half-assedly trying to quit alcohol for the last 2 years since it's one of the biggest problems in my life, now it's time to get serious, 3 days in and feeling like shit, if i can't manage to do it with my own forces I'll have to consider rehab, altough I really don't have the money for it, good luck to all the other anons struggling with addiction!

>>81733876
Good luck, anon! Remember, relapses are an unfortunate part of the process.
As long as you're capable of restraining yourself for longer with each attempt, you're golden.

Gonna read some of my books today. I'm halfway done with two of them, so I just have to choose one to finish. Then I'm going to do some planning for the week ahead.
bump!

>>81733917
Thanks, the problem with relapsing is that after a while that I don't drink it's like playing the lottery: I might drink 6 beers and be fine or have a whole 1l bottle of vodka, black out and get myself in serious trouble.

>>81733972
Is there a way to.not have alcohol near you at all?

>>81734006
It's more of a psychological issue, I need to notice and cut short certain lines of thought before they creep in too deep and i decide to say ''I can handle it'' or ''I don't care'' and go buy a bottle. This addiction is insidious and there is really no other way around but to take it one day or even an hour at a time.

i talked to my case manager after nearly a year. he keeps saying "i have the face for front desk work" but my resume did not reflect that and he's writing me a new one. been masturbating a lot more than usual lately. showering less.

>>81729827
My waifu is a femboy. Sorry for not clarifying. I want to draw him getting femboy anal sexed.

>>81735541
Chihibro...

>>81735541
loving passionate mutual blowjobs with chihiro with lots of cock straddling and penis kissing

Whoa! I didn't think the thread would still be up, let alone active and over TWO HUNDRED POSTS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We're so back let's gooooooooooooooooooooo :3

>>81735812
You sound like a cute twink. Post butt.
Why? Because it, uh, would motivate me. That's all. Don't read too much into it, you b-baka.

>>81735834
Eat this, creep!
I've been on this board since 2012, you can't fool me!

>tfw no cute anon to playfully spray me with bug spray

HOW THE FUCK IS THIS THREAD STILL UP

>>81736385
Because we want to improve our lives, duh!
Who doesn't?
Look I get it, life isn't fair to us. We're freaks, geeks, we're left by the wayside.
Own it! Acknowledge that you're the kind of person who needs a kick in the pants and to join a community who keeps himself accountable! We got this together!

The positive and encouraging anon in this thread deserves to have his pp sucked and his cum swallowed

>>81736925
Is it THAT hard to tell I'm a girl?

>>81737159
If you're a girl where is your husband?

>>81730143
Lots of people on the internet dress up as pictures of girls, but are actually men sorry it's hard to tell

>>81737159
There are no women on the internet, silly.

I did 60 push ups today, walked like 5-6Km and hung out with a friend for like 2 hours.

It's been forever since I tried to be active, how'd I do frens?

>>81737333
You did GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NICE TRIPS!!!! :3
We have a server if any of you guys ever wanna hang out and talk and stuff lol
It's MVYmFghK

>>81737355
>shilling trannycord

>>81737636
HEY JACKASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN 4CHAN WAS DOWN FOR A WEEK?????????????
DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I MISSED YOU GUYS???????????????
YEAH WE FORMED A GROUPCHAT TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND TRACK PROGRESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT?????????????????????????????

>>81737183
Well the short of it is that we aim to take control of our minds and our bodies.

>>81737780
No.. I love you trannychan.

>>81737159
Oh good, it won't be gay then. I hope you're just as encouraging whilst I make you feel good anon I've never done it before

make a picture of her wearing a japanese school swimsuit.

>>81737780
Does pretending to be a girl on the internet improve you in any way?
>>81738156
Also this, do it.
>Please

>>81726413
>>81726413
> The longer you go, the weirder it would be! Strike TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!
Well, I'd did. I have yet to hear back. Now what?

>>81738519
Just wait, duh.
It's Sunday! How are you relaxing?

>>81726160
your body is on its prime, really top testosterone

>>81738896
I'm a fat piece of shit. It'll be years before my body could be "prime" if I start now, but by then I won't be in my prime anymore.

>>81739001
come on man, I'm a fat pos too, I took up cycling and seeing those lycra clad pros run circuits around me made my hill climbing better and faster
You gotta find something you like, sports or alone activity, yeah? what are you trying to improve for?