Hi comrades, welcome to the Improvement Megathread!

I plan to post a new weekly megathread here every Sunday. I think Sunday is a good day to review the previous week and make some plans for the following week. If somebody else wants to post a new megathread anytime, just let me know.

Here are some ideas for discussion:

  • Do you want to share something you’ve done in the previous week?

Even if you did only 1 push-up, read 1 page, meditated for 1 minute, or touched 1 blade of grass, let us know about it. When it comes to making progress, everything counts. The most important thing is to make progress, no matter how small.

  • What would you like to do next week?
  • What aspect of life would you like to improve?
  • Do you have any streaks? For example, “sober for one day.” Feel free to post your streak every day in this thread.
  • If you don’t have a continuous streak, did you manage to abstain from something for a day or more?
  • Did you come across some useful information or resource that might help others?

Of course, this is not a definitive list. And feel free to make a separate post in the comm for any of these topics. This is just a megathread for all the stuff that you want to share but don’t feel like making a new post.

Let me know if you have any suggestions.

And remember the Golden Rule of Hexbear:

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My first goal of the year has been to cut back on sugar consumption. I’m still at the stage of becoming aware how much sugar is in the stuff I normally eat and figuring out what I can cut out or replace. The easiest target so far is obviously cutting back on snacks, but it’s also gonna be hard because I love my baked treats.

Thanks again @moonlake@hexbear.net for linking me that sugar free reddit!

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I might try and tackle this too along with my attempting to finally stop drinking. I’ve been allowing myself sour skittles as a treat tho so idk how well I’ll keep up with it.

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Good luck!

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You too!

I have already started talking about for now avoiding junk food through the week and then maybe do a Friday evening treat or something and then go from there. Trying to cold turkey both alcohol and sugar might be too much at the same time.

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I’m glad to hear it was useful! Wishing you good luck with your goal

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