Hi gang and welcome to the third weekly improvement megathread!
I’m gonna copy the ideas for discussion from the previous threads but these are just my suggestions, feel free to discuss whatever you wish.
- Do you want to share something you’ve done in the previous week? Everything counts, nothing is too 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?
I’m wishing everybody a great week!
I quit smoking weed, done one full week as of today, which is the longest I’ve gone without it in maybe 2 years and the longest I’ve gone without it voluntarily for about 9 years.
Not that there’s anything wrong with smoking in the abstract, but I enjoy it too much to be responsible with it. So I’ve decided that I’m going to let it go so I can focus on things that matter more to me.
Also I’m continuing to play guitar most days after about a month since I picked it back up. I made a thread to get some advice and was overwhelmed by the nicest, coolest hexbears with just SO much advice and support. Very cool and very inspiring. This place can be really great.
Awesome dude! I’m proud of you! I’m having a blast with rocksmith, right now I’m learning power chords on Knights of Cydonia by Muse. If your guitar is electric, they still have brand new “real tone” cables for sale for $25 but I’m using my mic setup.
Thanks so much, man! Did my thread inspire you too, or just a coincidence?
I’m totally gonna get Rocksmith though, I’ve wanted to give it a try for like a decade at this point!
I learned of rocksmith from your thread, I’m the one who recommended the Mel Bay books. I had a nice little Taylor in my closet.
Let me know if you need any help configuring it. I had some problems at first, but I was able to use Ubisoft’s setup guide to fix it.
I’m tired boss. Goddamn I’m just fucking tired and I can’t even feel okay with that because I feel guilty knowing other people are even more worn out than me.
This week I practiced meditation for 4 days in a row and did a bit of reading. It was still too cold to go running or hiking but I went for a walk every day. Hopefully it’s gonna be a bit warmer next weekend so I’ll be able to go hiking.
What you reading?
Also, we should do a subscriber list like how the movie channel does
Great idea, I will start doing a roll call starting from next week.
I have recently started reading How Not to Die by Michael Greger. It’s packed with a lot of useful information on health and nutrition but at the same time it’s very easy to read. He’s using facts & logic to conclusively prove that the plant based diet is the healthiest diet. I think everybody should read it, this book will literally add years to your life.
I’m also reading The Hobbit, which is a really comfy book.
I hit the gym three times this week. I also downloaded Rocksmith 2014 from Fitgirl (guitar hero with an actual guitar playing actual notes) and played it twice.
Didn’t get around to practicing piano. The goal this week is to set a schedule where I’m practicing both daily.
Oh, and I tracked my meals for the second half of this week and met my calorie + protein + creatine goals for muscle gain.
If there’s a list of people to tag for these threads, please add me to it! I just subscribed to the comm, didn’t know this existed.
Great idea, I will start a roll call starting from next week!
Which songs are you playing on Rocksmith? Sounds cool
Knights of Cydonia by Muse, Ain’t No Sunshine by Bill Withers, and pumped up kicks so far. I could actually perform ain’t no sunshine before too long. I’m playing the “lead guitar” path.
The cool part is that it can slow down parts of the song and then automatically speed up or increase the complexity once you nail a section. Great for beginners.