Self Improvement Thread

Finding the motivation to improve myself is pretty difficult these days.

Whenever I think about going to the gym, I remember that I am not tall.

Whenever I think about getting back into the dating game, I remember how much I fucking hate women.

Whenever I think about furthering my education and getting another degree, I remember what a kike infested shithole American colleges are.

Then finally, when I think about the 'endgame' of self improvement, which is starting and raising beautiful, healthy family, I remember how western society has collapsed and is in the throes of a hedonistic orgy of self destruction. I don't want to bring a new life into that world.

I exist for myself, and I wish I could feel the need to improve myself simply for the gratification of doing so. If there was one beautiful thing in my life that had not been marred by modern culture or degenerate idiots, I might feel differently. Everything is tainted, and it is all impossible to escape without totally withdrawing into the wilderness.

Working my way through Bloom's canon, I project that I'll be done by 2025 at this rate

Get 8 hours of sleep a night if you can.

Work on your career first, chicks come later.

Hit the gym you lazy cunt.

Stop watching so much porn.

Stop making excuses and being so hard on yourself.

And lastly, worship Islam.

what?

I don't have much money and live with my parents. I also hate reading

>speaking as someone who is getting out of 8 months of depression and being stabbed in the back by the eternal female 2 months ago here's the shit i do:
Exercise, play sports like badminton, wake up at 4am 5 times a week to go jogging
purchased a new wardrobe and looked at clothes that suited me that were smart not dogshit t-shirts and jeans, as well as a new good watch and glasses
read ancient philosophy, meditations was particularly good
get up early enough to make sure i eat a proper breakfast, have a proper lunch and dinner
focus on what i want my life to be like and buy things to surround myself with parts of that to remind me of that goal
concentrate on succeeding at my job, it's only a shitty retail job, but in 3 months i went from a no experience customer retail adviser to a duty manager, and even so i'm getting into a position to apply to other jobs that i really want to do that's related to my degree, and potentially do a masters
basically reinventing myself from the ground-up, not going to lie, it's hard, particularly doing it alone, but you gird your loins and soldier through it

Audio books. No excuses.

Im a Montana ranchers son. I chase cattle all day 6 days a week from horseback. Im teaching my two sons to be strong and manly. I need no self improvement

>I need no self improvement
only a fool thinks that

>I'm pretty strong now and I eat and drink better. Used to drink way too much Pepsi Max and I've given that the kick.
>Started rock climbing as well as working out because just lifting weights wasn't really giving me any functional strength.
>Getting an Electrician's apprenticeship instead of sticking with the STEM meme because don't want to end up as an overqualified burger-flipper.
>Getting up at 8 am at the latest instead of 12-3 pm
>Working on stopping masturbating and getting a girlfriend but Japanese cartoon girls occasionally draw me back in since I used to be a very secretive weeb in highschool.

That's about it. Still way better than where I was a year ago, I was pretty depressed in the first year of Uni. Took a semester off to figure things out and I think I'm on the right track now. Been on a few dates and I think I'm getting better at it, still it didn't work out with a true qt from my primary school (I think because we were talking about a midget who had a crush on her in grade 7 and I let it slip that I had a crush on her around the same time. I was tired) and got a bit bummed about that a couple weeks ago. Thanks for reading my blog.

Fucking 1 Arab girl for every building destroyed.

What are some good books on fascism? Is pic related a good starting point?

I'm too stupid for this anyway, I couldn't even understand the basic highshool shit.

I am working on building calculus from Peano axioms today.

Bible. Barbells. Blacksmithing.

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>I'm too stupid for this anyway
>letting doubt get in your way
son get the fuck off your lazy german ass and engage yourself for the first time in 7 fucking years, you are not too stupid, if you were you wouldn't be on Cred Forums, this might be the first damn time where you can seize your fucking life and take control and you aren't even going to try? that makes you the worst kind of a pathetic cuck

Self improvement? Lol
Why would you do something like that? First accept what you are and that you are fine and dont need imporvement. Second realize that there is no point from big point of view. Your life is irrelevant in scope of all humanity, humanity is irrelevant from scope of universe. Everything will die and be forgotten in time. Whatever you do you wont change anything of relevance on any larger scale. Why not watch anime and be relax?

Haha jeeves. My idea of self improvement is listening to and and learning from my father and grandfather. Or a week and a half in the mountains with my two heroes and two sons elk hunting from the back of my 11 year old quarter horse. Does posting on Cred Forums in my free time count as self improvement?

Where else would I be if not here?

I just don't know what to change for, I have no goals or ambitions and nothing besides shitposting, smoking weed and porn interests me.

I already wasted too much time anyway, will never catch up and get anywhere.
Couldn't even get a minimum wage job if I tried. Shit is fucked byond repair bro

I'm a big proponent of self-improvement by helping others. I do charity work at a shelter for the homeless, drug addicts, alcoholics. Lately, I've been donating legal services to disabled and elderly people in my city who are getting pushed around and wrongly evicted by unscrupulous and greedy landlords and their ambulance-chasing attorneys.

Rather than be one of the these liberals who want to "change the world" but never actually does anything of any import, I prefer to follow the advice of William Blake, who rightly said: "He who would do good to another must do it in minute particulars. General good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite and flatterer."

first off excersise run or lift, increases blood flow to the brain and energy, second you need a job even if its shitty labor you need to improve your confidence and the only way is through earning money and paying fucking taxes. you need to stop smoking weed, if you do smoke weed do shit on it, always productive like working out reading educative youtube videos, dont play any video games, dont waste your time on television, jerk off only at night, you need a goal in life no matter how shitty, need a new computer work for it for a couple months buy it with your own money shit like that. stop all neet activities ,

You're going to be alive for like 80 years so you may as well spend that time not suffering. No one is fine, especially a lot of people in the modern world raised with all the divorced parents, drugs, being blasted with propaganda and being told to hate themselves. You might not ever change anything but you sure will never change anything watching anime all day. Which nowadays is mostly shit about Japanese losers getting stuck in video games or ching chong girls eating bento boxes at the beach for 12 episodes anyway.

>get up at 05:00
>remove my gf's hands and get out of bed
>drop down to do 100 pushups
>today I got 105
>then I do 100 situps and bw squats
>I put on the coffee
>I go out to watch the sunrise
>my gf comes and hugs me from behind
>she brought my coffee
>turn around and kiss her...
>...
>nope
>it's 15:46 on Monday
>I woke up because my asshole itched
>I crawl to my computer
>I think "hm... it's been at least 6 hours since I fapped last time"
>eat some chips while I browse porn sites
>tfw when Nordic masterrace

Good move on the apprenticeship. The world lied to the boys of the west by saying "you'll either flip burgers or be a doctor". Trades and skilled labor are where it's at, especially with the silver tsunami coming.

also shower and brush your fucking teeth, clean your clothes and dont look like a dirtbag this is very important, will help you land a job and maybe a girl

If you didnt have your parents to support you, or they no longer can you are going to be a street beggar vagrant bum.

Problem is in our minds we want to have things we cant, control what is beyond our power, you can be poor and happy or rich and depressed. Once you realize you dont need to have "things" in order to be happy you will become at very least content.

This made me so sad.

The government gives handouts, been living for years now on it.
If they ever stop paying me I think I will just kill myself to avoid the whole homeless thing.

How do I conquer my animalistic urges and succeed in no fap?

/völkisch/

>shitposting
about what? you probably picked up some sick banter skillz that you can apply irl
>smoking weed
quit that shit asap. trust me after a while your head will be much much clearer
>porn
buy a hooker sometime

>I already wasted too much time
if you were in your 40's then perhaps, but christ mate you're in your 20's still. I had a coworker at a minimum wage gig who was 27, he's now off studying at university. dude looked like he was in his teens too.

work is easy to get, must be some callcenter or something where you live.

also you idiots life is hard, you need to suffer to improve, at a job shit will happen people will yell at you. you will suffer a lot and it sounds better to do nothing but that is the only way to grow as a man. women hate weak men, society hates weak men and really does not give a shit abought you, when your parents die you will be a useless piece of shit to the world get your life together

I love these threads.
They gave me the motivation to start losing weight, quit soda and drink only filtered water, stop eating sugar, and quit my wage slave job at McDonald's and find truly gainful employment.
Like I was actively considering suicide a couple of months ago, some nights I'd put the barrel in my mouth and place my finger on the trigger. I was in a really dark place.
But getting my life on track like this brought me out of there. I'm actually happy for the first time in so long.

Didn't help Harambe.

At least you don't have herpes from a cheating girlfriend and are single now.

There are real problems in this life and then your self inflated problems.

>when you were so close but yet so far

Where do Germans even get their weed from? If you cant give it up, use it right. When I smoke I get curious about a lot of shit so try to stay on 1 subject. I learned some Russian and Portuguese while incredibly baked. Jerk off to women or you will get impotent when it counts. I used to go soft really easy when having actual sex because of anime. Drink water and eat when your hungry, not bored, but do this consistently. Do pushups, even if its 1-5. Try to do these at least 3 times a day. You wont see any results for weeks, but it does pay off. Its bringing your body up to speed slowly but surely. You'll be able to do more through the weeks.
t. ex NEET that broke the cycle.

Those are pretty shit excuses friend. There is no better motivation than the feeling of hate. Use it right and direct it where it should be. You can still exist for yourself.

>I need no self improvement
Dont think like that.

Why not kill yourself and relax for good?

Trying to get a gf, I have a thing going on, but I'm really not sure how to advance

How can you combine stopping masturbating and visiting Cred Forums? Even here on Cred Forums it happens frequently to view photos or videos of naked women. Not that it triggers automatically the desire to masturbate. Do you make a distinction between masturbating to porn, masturbating but no porn, porn only and no masturbation?

Stopped all drugs except coffein because it helps me shit.
Started going to bed before midnight and stopped watching tv/Internet stuff excessively. Picked up reading instead again.
Also masturbate maybe 3-4 times a week.
I should do some sports though.

You're a brilliant inspiration. What degree did you do?

Been lifting weights and reading a lot of books.

>Why not kill yourself and relax for good?
That doesnt follow from my post. Failiure to obtain things we want or feel we have to do makes us unhappy. How can you miss something you dont want?
I must have gf, i dont have gf therefore im not happy...
Why not i dont have gf so what lets relax, have fun not obsess with things that are beyond your control?

>essential reading
>almost 80 books

Glitter and makeup application in the fine arts.

Appraise yourself highly , and become a better version of yourself

>looking through list
>good reads
>get to jerry falwell
>what.jpg

>improving myself

finishing a more powerful computer
to shit post on

push ups and sit ups everyday
no masturbate
is bad
listen to amon amarth
cry self to sleep
>tfw no nordic master race
wonder hwy cant be white
be american
die

Sick cunt, glad you're doing well.

most of the problems are due to diet, other than that make your own money, if its not enough after a while strive to improve it through some sort of skilled labor, at first it really sucks but the pay off is worth it

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Take the gold pill.

actually i got a good one, do a lot of acid that usually snaps u out of it, you will realize that your a piece of shit in the world because you do nothing productive for yourself and humanity

>mixing plato and aristotle with likes of hobbes and young

I weep for you

Archaeology and Ancient History, yeah it was the kinda degree where jobs aren't exactly easy pickings, got myself a first and an award for my dissertation in the end, but the shock from leaving uni, struggling really badly for work, having no money and drifting from friends slowly put me into a hopeless depression. then about 2 months back my relationship of 4 years ended with me finding out my gf had lied to, used and manipulated me for months cause she needed someone to help her set her life up in her dream job, then literally 2 weeks after she found out her job was secure she turned round out of the blue went "yeah i don't love you anymore" and ran to her nice little life i helped her build. that was a really dark time but since then i have slowly started pulling myself back up again it's a long arduous process but it's something you have to do otherwise you'll just get swallowed whole by misery and self pity

Its good to have aspirations even if you know your not going to accomplish shit. Its the way you look at it and life itself. Make the best of it. Were not so inconsequential in the grand scheme of things. What we do does leave a mark, a footprint that another can follow behind in. Space travel wasn't overnight.

I'm more than sixty days into nofap and nosugar. The short-term satisfaction is the immediate satiation of your appetite, sexual or otherwise - but the long-term satisfaction is freedom. Can do at least 20 one-arm press ups with each arm, and hold a tucked planche position for more than 30 seconds, and I'm working on being able to do one arm pull ups.

Something from a thread in the past:

Not by anyone who hasn't studied the life of Hitler so my original statement was incorrect

I'm a big time Hitler aficionado, not for the Stormfag reasons like killing Jews, but because of his will to power
He went from homeless man to arguably the most powerful man in the entire world in a very short amount of time

I also admire Stalin for possessing equally as much force of will as he also came from essentially nothing

Those men are a testament to the power of the individual and we live in a time where we are constantly told that the individual is powerless because the elites like it this way
They don't want people believing in themselves.

18 here, going to uni (STEM field), workin a part time job, going to gym, reading a book erry day on the bus to work/uni, decent diet.

my weaknesses are probably my social life, but most people I talk to are firmly set in leftist ways. I jerk off all the time, but that actually works better for me than not at all, strangely enough. Also I'm bisexual, which is annoying, but I don't actively pursue gay relationships because meaningless sex is a dead end.

/nofap/ and /noporn/ along with going to the gym

whats the point of not having the occasional sneaky wank?

>Just reading The Republic

Not gonna know wtf Plato is talking about unless you read his other shit first

I was going to post in this thread, but the fucking /o/ flashing ad gave me an epileptic attack. Mods should do something about it.

Having aspiration while understanding that even if you fail it doesnt matter yes, I'm not advocating doing nothing but understanding that failure doesnt matter.
Humans are "programmed" never to be completely happy otherwise we would just die of as a species. You get a gf and you are super happy, after a while that becomes a norm. Now you want something new, you get it and it becomes a new norm and round and round we go while failing to achieve that new norm makes us unhappy. Thats just absurd and stupid, why would you want to chase your own tail?

You're a good man. Keep it up. Iron will, self-discipline and strength of character.

Keep it up

We're all gonna make it, one day at a time

So I've been trying a low carb high Protein/testosterone diet.

I have some questions regarding these, I'm currently a student so turning down free food is a bad idea, but I keep ending up eating a lot of sugary shit because of it, do I just have to turn these things down or will lifting more offset the weight gain from the sugar?

I've also heard something about estrogens in plastics, can anyone elaborate on this for me?

Lastly I was wondering if there are any carb friendly alternatives to noodles, pasta, and sliced bread that people have tried and liked.

there will be a small while starting, where while working and striving to become better and stronger you might not like the "hard work" and not be used to a different schedule
BUT
in the long run you will feel better in every way and realize its only extra trivial work you are adding that before you made excuses to avoid

Calories in < calories out. Nothing complicated about it and no magic solution. Eat healthy thats all.

>just lifting weights wasn't giving me any functional strength.

You were doing it wrong then.

Lift free weights, lift really heavy shit. Try a beginner program like starting strength.

ALL neets listen, get a job any job no matter how shitty, save money dont be an idiot and live like you have any, women forget them until you have good standing of yourself, masturbate only at night,

Lifting, reading at least 3 books a week and painting.

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Make a strict distinction between reality and what you're seeing on the screen. No matter how hard you masturbate or concentrate, you'll never actually be in the scene in the porn you're using - you're still the loser bastard masturbating to the computer screen (an extraordinary sense of shame, I think, is very useful in keeping you away from the stuff).

I think the secret to permanent nofap is to seek the truth and follow the facts. Also, realise that actual reality is better and so much more satisfying than any fantasy you masturbate to - rather than be a useless, waste of space of a loser and masturbate to a computer screen, do something fantastic with yourself - find what you love doing and earn bucket loads of money and actually make it happen in real life, rather than be that pathetic loser with his porn. You'll not only be able to actually screw the models you look at in porn, you'll buy all the other things you've ever wanted - a luxurious home, a fantastic car, maybe be a Trump and apply your influence in making Western civilisation great.

dam denmark 3 books a week good job

(OP)






Here are some further thoughts, in case they might help:

The benefits of nofap: having immense self-control and self-discipline and not being ruled by your primal urges and impulses. It'll improve your strength of will and character. The man of great self-control and self-discipline will always beat the guy who has his urges to satisfy. The man who allows his impulses, especially his sexual impulses, an important say in his life is easily manipulable, whereas the man of great self-control and discipline is free. Have you read J. D. Unwin's Sex and Culture? In a world where most people are just screwing themselves and behaving like wild, impulsive animals, the people of Cred Forums can have a real advantage in following nofap and being the calm, strong and grounded opponents against those who keep spreading this degeneracy.
I've always imagined army generals and the great leaders of history and today are men of extraordinary self-discipline, which makes sense since they usually have a great deal dependent on their ability to live a stable and well-ordered life, a life not so easily drawn to primal vices.

Also, permitting your impulses any influence, I think, can really draw you into women who'll use your need for sexual activity. Abstinence from sexual activity will give you that level-headedness you need in selecting mates and you'll naturally seek the kind of partner that'll fulfill you in an intellectual, virtuous and soulful way - you'll pay a great deal more attention to her personality and character, and therefore better at avoiding manipulative witches, rather than seeking to satisfy your lusts.

I also think that a man who has mastered himself is capable of mastering the world.

Perhaps you'll find this informative:
m.reddit.com/r/NoFap/comments/1uth8n/the_list_of_greats/

Here's some """"cool tips and tricks to help you""""" :)))))!!

-Eat good and don't eat a lot

-Exercise (but not too much)

-Don't be a dick (hard to not be a dick while using Cred Forums)

-read about history, religion, politics and philosophy. And read in general.

-DON'T TRY AND FORGET ABOUT YOUR PROBLEMS. THERE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

-Don't be lazy

-Go outside

-Do things the hardest way possible

-There is more to life than food, money and sex.

^^^sick tips^^^^

Work and go to school
I have to work at the liquor store and we get off late so my sleep schedule's all fucked up....
Should I just stay up?

I don't know if that was sarcastic or not, but it's difficult to find more time when you work as a lawyer as well.

Fantastic post. Contribute more frequently please.

Fructose doesn't activate insulin. Fruits are the perfect food my lad, don't try to outsmart nature. We are an islander specie that is best eating astringent fruits and herbal leaves.

t. burger who lost over 100 lbs

no not sarcastic more like impressed, i love reading but making time for it and concentrating are fucking hard

work out every day, it's an anxiety killer. did wonders for me.

I heard girding loins can lead to infection

>He thinks high volume body weight is the path to success.

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Long live Western civilisation. Put all your energies into achieving greatness and surpassing your ancestors. Don't follow nigger-tier behaviour and waste your primal energies on such useless pursuits - the pinnacle of the West was founded upon self-control and self-discipline and abstinence. We need strong-willed, self-disciplined people with exceptionally grounded characters on the side of Western civilisation.

Find out what your interests are and the things you're good at and try to make lots of money with those interests and achieve immense success. And then use your newly acquired influence to help save Western civilisation. Maybe bring your fellow white sisters and brothers to your side and strengthen their wills and characters.
Direct all your primal instincts and energies into activities that’ll immortalise you.

Remember - they're fantasies. The reality is this: you're a loser masturbating to a computer screen or porn in some other form of media. Do your best to make this distinction every time. You could, instead, go out into the world and be wildly successful, and then perhaps have the power to make your 'quirks' come true with people who share them with you, instead of masturbating in front of a computer screen. The virtual world is no substitute for reality - you should instead try making your actual reality so satisfying and wonderful to live in that you'll have no need for such fantasies.

Fantasies are fantasies and will never be actual reality, no matter how strongly you apply your mental skills, unless you actually go out there and make something of yourself.

Seek the truth and the facts. Imagine how much better actual reality can be - instead of a life spent indulging in your fantasies, when in reality you're just pathetically masturbating in front of a computer screen.

What do you guys think of Golden One?

>Compared with consumption of high glucose beverages, drinking high-fructose beverages with meals results in lower circulating insulin and leptin levels, and higher ghrelin levels after the meal.Since leptin and insulin decrease appetite and ghrelin increases appetite, some researchers suspect that eating large amounts of fructose increases the likelihood of weight gain

The thing most ignored is by people looking to improve themselves is STEM. You are the descendants of 10,000+ years human knowledge but most of you will glance down in the corner and mutter something about never needing math in my life like some pathetic nu male.

To truly understand your place in the world you need to understand the world. Pick up a few textbooks and start learning everything you should have learned in High School. If your a poorfag the /sci/ wiki can hook you up with some shit or you can find these books around the web.

For math I would recommend Precalculus 5th Ed - Mathematics for Calculus, Stewart - Calculus (Any Edition will work really), Fundamentals of Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems (6th Ed).

For a basic overview of some other basic high school STEM ideas see if you can track down University Physics with Modern Physics (I'm partial to the 13th Ed. myself), Principles of Modern Chemistry 7th Ed. (Best basic chem book I have everfound), and Campbell - Biology (Newer editions are better for this one).

Then track yourself down a book on geology, meteorology, and oceanography. This will at least give you enough of a head start against anyone else out there trying to trick you or the ability to trick people with this knowledge. Fuck you don't even need to bother with the text books I listed, there are some many resources (Khan Academy, MIT OpenCourseWare, and ect...) there isn't even an excuse as to why you don't know this stuff yet.

Don't take this as me saying all you need is STEM. Pick up some Philosophy; the Classics and Logic as everything else is shit. Engage in some art. Look beyond your animu (or don't GITS is pretty good I guess.) and find some "high art". Digest it and learn what makes it "good" and "bad". Basically just become somewhat cultured.

Should have sparked the race war
Most likely could have won it single-handedly

Oh, I include plenty of fruit in my diet. I just stay away from confectionary and sugary bakery - just about every other sugary food. I think fruit is just about the only food with sugar that I eat.

How many people are left who genuinely see what's happening to Western Civilisation? (((They))) clearly cooperate and use their combined leverage to accomplish insidious goals, can we do the same? Can we start a success-stories of Cred Forums group?

MORE COOL TRICKS AND COOL LIFE HACKS!!!XDDD

CHRISTIANITY unironically has a lot of answers to your burning questions

-Maybe it's your job that fucks you up

-you know you're red pilled if you want to go back to being blue pilled (but knowing the truth is better)

-cold showers are cool (not to cold xd)

this, education is extremely important. Stewarts calculus is pretty good intro book too

Hell learning to program in anything wouldn't hurt. You use computers all day long you should understand them especially if it becomes harder to access the stuff you like in the near future (*cough* UN *cough*). Also history. Beyond this, shit I don't know try and be skeptical about everything and go to /fit/? If you do all of the above you become a great man in a world full of pethetic individuals.

STEM will get you the furthest in life but don't ignore the other areas of human knowledge so you are tolerable in conversation.

There is nothing inherently wrong with nationalism and there is nothing inherently wrong with globalism. Globalism could be good if everyone was civilised - but we don't live in a perfect world, so the version of globalism that we're getting right now is one that is planned to end Western Civilisation and cause the extinction of the white race. This is obviously unjust, so we ought to adopt nationalist principles to prevent this globalist plan from succeeding even while REMEMBERING who and what we REALLY ARE - Pure Consciousness (which is INFINITE AND ETERNAL) having an experience in a temporary human form. You can do ANYTHING YOU WANT TO DO and you can be ANYTHING YOU WANT TO BE. There's only one of us here. If you hit yourself on the head with a baseball bat, they'll put you in a mental hospital yet that's EXACTLY what people are doing on a global scale. You can call Pure Consciousness 'God' if you want, but I don't because the word 'God' has religious connotations that I would rather avoid. Religion is the McDonald's of spirituality.
What we need is to raise our level of consciousness, both individually and collectively. If even one person raises his or her level of consciousness, it has a ripple effect that benefits EVERYONE ELSE, even if they don't believe any of this stuff - and this is because 'reality' itself is HOLOGRAPHIC in nature. One of the ways that they have manipulated us so deeply for so long is by suppressing our sense of the possible. What we call 'reality' is COMPLETELY ILLUSORY and thus MALLEABLE - and they KNOW THIS, while most other people do NOT. EVERYTHING IS ILLUSORY, EXCEPT PURE CONSCIOUSNESS ITSELF. NOTHING is impossible in a universe that is ILLUSORY to begin with. We have the power to transform this prison illusion into a PARADISE ILLUSION, so let's USE that power.

Focusing on my schoolwork to get the grades I need (community college)

Continuing my fitness journey. I used to be very obsese even when I played handegg. I've gone from 300 lbs down to 200, and have built back up to 230.

I've kicked the awful pot habit I had, which has made me as close to the fully functioning person as I can be

Putting behind my old pothead friends, who have no real personality and can't hold any sort of substantial conversation

I am giving up whores, who I greatly love to fuck. Yet They become a problematic distraction when I concern myself with them. I also now honestly believe that a mans soul is drained through his dick.

I also want to begin nofap soon.

I am converting to Christianity in my pursuit of all of these things. Maintaining and strengthening my virtue, my individuality, and my sense of self improvement.

Wouldn't have got this far without you lads.

I live a miserable life. I work and then i spend the rest of the day on Cred Forums and reddit until i fall asleep. I have no hopes or motivation to do anything in life. Just be comfortable infront of the computer.

What would happen to me if i quit all my addictions such as

>nicotine
>sugar
>coffee
>porn
>masturbation

Would it truly change me?

Young man, read your Nietzsche. You are the recipient of the anomaly of being self aware, something rare and wonderous in the universe. Your shortcomings and the circumstances you describe are your tests and you should embrace them, for what life is worth living without challenge. The reason to overcome them should be no more than you wanting to exert your will, rather than ceding your agency quietly by withdrawing.

Yep, start doing cool shit duude. read mor and shit .

Lost 120 pounds
Cut way down on shit foods
Stopped doing drugs
Stopped drinking
123 days into NoFap
Started getting out of the house a lot more
Started going back to school

Got a drawing tablet and now I've been having lots of fun making animation

It's like a light at the end of the tunnel. This sense of awe and wonder has come back to me that I have not felt in a decade

Trying doing some art, like painting or drawing, maybe learn an instrument or learn a code or how to do woodwork.

tl;dr authority, religion, money are illusory foreign systems of control so follow your intuition and learn to love.

jeez guy

>Would it truly change me?
yes it would, it will be painful, hard and difficult, but you will become a new person, but do not think that you need to never partake in any addictive habit ever again, it's not strength to avoid doing things that make you happy out of fear of it overcoming you, but strength to be able to continue doing them in moderation without it taking you over

addictions come from psychological need to connect to something. American soldiers in Vietnam used lots of heroin which upset many folks at home, but study following that found out that wasnt the case. Some got addicted most didnt, because once they got out of that hell hole and returned to their families they got what they actually needed. Same is with surgery patients that get diamporhphine which is pure heroin, you dont see many patients coming out of hip replacement surgery as junkies do you?

tl;dr you would get hooked to something else, because those things are not root of your problem

Not sure if shitposting.
Get away from this new age stuff that you are reading. Waste of time and it all comes from the semites. You can instead try to emulate norse gods.

Low carb, high protein diets are strict. They rely on flipping a switch in your body, getting it to use a chemical process called ketosis for energy. Ketosis won't happen if you keep providing your body with sugar and carbs above a certain threshold (~20 grams per day). Ketosis has benefits, and you should look them up to decide if it's for you. I highly recommend ketogenic diets.

If however, your goals are just weight loss, then all you need is calories in < calories out, plus a certain level of baseline nutrition to make sure you're not going to kill yourself lifting.

Kick the cheap sugar though.

Thank you for the encoragment, i will give it my best. Also, i listen to the braveheart theme every day.

Yes dude, here's a few things you can do in place of your old habits

>read. Not just classic fiction but philosophy as well
>EXERCISE. Get yourself fit sven.
>DIET. Cut the sugars and carbs, eat meats and vegetables.

In general, just save Cred Forums as a reward in a healthy life. Much more rewarding that way too

I tried doing this and got hypertension in my tendons for a few weeks.

Great post. Napoleon, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, as well as many of the great philosophers enjoyed mathematics and was good at it at some point in their lives. I myself read many undergraduate maths books on my own and taught myself everything I know for my maths degree - and nothing teaches you to think with agility, rigour, flexibility and pinpoint logic and reason like developing and sharpening your mind like analysing and understanding, and even memorising, complex mathematical proofs and concepts. Everything behind the workings of nature can be explained and made sense with mathematics.

Combined that with history, economics, philosophy, politics, law and literature, and you're just an intellectual beast.

Nah he's actually making the argument that life is a literal non-physical simulation.

He was in the "reality is a simulation" thread 2 days ago spamming stuff about the demiurge.

Obviously your fucking grammar needs worked on.... lmfao

As someone who actually works out, I stopped reading at 100 push-ups. Its possible, but the only reward from that compared to real exercise is that you're now really good at doing 100pushups.

no problem swedebro i know more than most how it is to try to change your life and be a new man

Indeed, programming helps you think logically, and hence mathematically.

check my posts and
drop the coffee and nicotine , they can harm the body
drop the porn , it hinders the mind

It would boost your confidence if nothing else, the biggest thing lacking in young white males. Your situation and the comments I see here mirroring it are far from hopeless. While depressing, and indeed you were fucked by previous generations, it is no excuse not to try. Assert yourself for no other reason than to test yourself. Don't be afraid of failure, life is ultimately a failing endeavor, be afraid not to try.

yep sugar and nicotine will fucking change your like dramatically

>Cred Forums AND reddit
which one did you start first? why are ledditors invading?

If you quit the last two in particular, you will be a changed man. You need something more positive in your life. rediscover your dreams you've abandoned years ago and figure out a path for yourself.

If you commit to making a change today, the Sven you'll be 5 years from now will grow to become very proud of you

It is. But after I gave up vidya a couple of years ago, I have a lot of spare time. But during weekends I can down a couple of books if I'm not going out. Vidya is such a waste of time to be honest.

I've recently been trying to teach myself math after a lifetime of being terrified by it. I started out with what was approximately a 5th grade level of education and after a period of 7 months, I have improved my knowledge a hundred fold. A recently started to venture into Calculus and bought Michael Spivak's book of the same name 4th edition, which I've seen highly recommend. I also own Euclid's Elements. I won't be satisfied until I can read and interpret formal proofs. This would have been unimaginable for me only a couple years ago.

I started browsing Cred Forums 10 years ago and Reddit probably 3 years ago.

So like, how do gain more power? How do I raise a better level of consciousness?

Then read shit that can bring your shit posting to the next level just don't resign yourself to defeat.

Is it possible to teach yourself computer programming lads?
I spend a lot of time on a computer anyway, so it's something I could focus and actually achieve something worthwhile

If yes, what sites/books are best?

Ive found just visiting the /gif page for a few minutes doesnt make me wanna fap for some reason, doesnt trigger me not sure why maybe interspersed exploding head and beheading gifs not sure.

Read non-fiction books.
Go to the gym.
Do some recreational projects like solving math, programming, painting, carpentry or whatever. It doesn't matter what you just need to do something.

Read my posts.

It's very possible if you have to motivation.

I would recommend "Head First C#".

Yes you can teach yourself pretty much anything. But it takes work and discipline. Start with something easy like python then move on. Any book really you dont learn programming by reading but by doing.

Physically I have begun exercising again. Started off fairly slow with just push-ups, sit-ups and weight lifting and the results have been surprisingly pronounced. Been suffering from a nasty chest infection that I can't shake for about a month now though so haven't been able to do anything too strenuous cos it makes me nearly pass out. Once that goes I'll step it up a notch.

Once Uni is over I'm planning on improving my maths knowledge because it is lacking. Not to the point that it is crippling, but to the point where it is annoying. Might concurrently learn some of the fundamentals of physics out of interest's sake.

Yes. Code academy.

cold showers
jack off less and use your imagination instead of Shemale Strokers
eat meat and vegetables primarily
take supplements (4g+ fish oil, D3, C, Calcium+Magnesium, Niacin, Zinc, some kind of multivite at least)
stop eating boxed food and know what spices to put on your filet o' rot to make it a TASTY TREAT, cooking is super fucking easy and less emasculating than bitchtits from Micky D's
maybe lift some weights
maybe supplement the 'me and 'ideo 'ames with a physical outdoorsey hobby
wake up in the morning if you don't have a job
learn to be more assertive and curt with people
stop obsessing about cunt
drop the live laugh love mentality
if you end up with a wife and kids make sure you're there for the kids' sake
pay taxes and stay on top of your finances
save for retirement

>self improvement thread
>implying the /fit/ legend wouldn't make an appearance
Gym life or no life brehs

I'd recommend learning Python or Javascript.
C# and Java are horrible introductions to programming since they were made to do big programs.
Python for instance is easy to create small script in.

amazon.co.uk/Automate-Boring-Stuff-Python-Programming/dp/1593275994/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1474807495&sr=8-3&keywords=python programming

leddit isn't worth the time. Neither is Cred Forums to be honest but at least it's good for venting.

I follow satanism and it has never let me down yet
I have a stable job when 600k at my age have failed
I have a woman that loves me and has earned my love
Considering my upbringing I've never been happier
Hail satan my dudes, it's worth it.

>take supplements
also dont forget to take adderal, celexa, prozak

eat healthy and dont take shit unless you need to

>Get away from this new age stuff that you are reading.

I'm not reading any so-called 'new-age stuff'. This is NOT new-age stuff, these are ETERNAL TRUTHS - this is UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE throughout human history!

>Waste of time and it all comes from the semites.

I decide what is a waste of my time, not you. :)

>You can instead try to emulate norse gods.

I emulate NO-ONE, for I remember that I am a unique point of attention in the ocean of Pure Consciousness (just like you).

Holy shit there is no easy thing than learning computer and programming.
You just have to find transistor and electronics video tutorials made by murrikan military and there are also some germans and other enthusiasts who show how all stuffs work with 3dmax and blender.
One is called "learn engineering" and second one is paul schwenke or something.
But anyways after you will understand fundament you will see that programming is not a magic even programming atmegas and assembler its not something of artisan-ish. Dull boring it sucks
Better learn ancient language and open small store sell-buy very fancy antique stuff, books, clothe

That's awesome, man.

I had a similar experience with standardized testing and I finally beat it. Whenever I took SATs, I always placed 4 grades behind what I was actually doing in school so I always looked like a horrible student to most colleges.

After 8 years, I finally took a placement test and placed exactly where I wanted to. That's all I really wanted man

What are you going to do with all of your newfound math skills now?

Thinking of perusing a masters in Anthropology to become an archaeologist.

No go?

Kek/satan approves of your post

I mean I was stronger but I still had/have very little stamina. Problem is I'm doing it in my room and I don't even have a rack to set it on, doing it off the side of my bed to bench and setting it on 2 sturdy chairs to squat so I'm kind of limited in the heavy exercises I can do. My routine has been three alternating days of Chest/Arms, Back and Core/Legs with 8 sets of 8 reps of a 100 kg exercise (Press/Row/Squat) and then 4-8 sets of 8 reps of associated 20 kg dumbbell exercises for 1 hour, and now a day of Rock Climbing + rest days. Rock climbing has increased my stamina and I like it. I know the routine's retarded but it is what it is.

Fucking great. Mathematics is probably the greatest field of knowledge there is. If you can teach yourself mathematics, you can teach yourself anything. Very great stuff.

Nofap is pointless assuming you aren't getting laid, we shouldn't stop ejaculating. I don't know about you but no amount of abstaining makes me want to bother with real women. I once went 4 months nofap and it didn't change shit.

Noporn is good though and I'm trying it again after failing twice already. I say touch your man rod every 8 days for optimal test, just kind of get it out of the way like you're taking a piss so you don't think about turning to porn again.

I need to take my own advice here.

But the absolute gold standard of self improvement is creation.

Consumption is good and has its purposes but its still very self-absorbed.

i.e Reading history/philosophy and going to the gym will help and definitely improve you but it still feels insular and a bit empty.

Try creating and impacting others:
e.g
Making memes/ videos for Donald
Public speaking and article writing.
A business project
Charity work
Making a girl orgasm
Art and Design

These thing really elevate you and make you feel like you are changing the world.

can i go live with you?

Teaching yourself mathematics is a great way to improve mentally.
Do you also exercise? because then you are pretty much set.

Understanding of magic = understanding of Keks will
Trust me on that one adolf

is internet fucking us?
i saw this book that was supposed to be about internets influence on our brains but i dont have attention span to read it

Need to get some philosophy, politics, history, economics and literature in there too.

No great man ever reached greatness by staying in his room and being with himself - they all had to engage with other people.

point taken, Dundee

you don't get enough omega threes I don't care how much fried fish you eat on the weekends
the soil is super fucking depleted, at least in the west. Produce doesn't have enough vitamins or minerals to sustain you properly
if you're not taking supplements because a guy on /fit/ told you so you're a fucking moron

>Nah he's actually making the argument that life is a literal non-physical simulation.

Correct. Space, time, solidity, the five senses - it's all illusory. All of it.

I like that quote. have another one.

maybe not internet but instant gratification and all fucking gadgets for sure are. People no longer have patience to read a book...

No you take blood test and check if you need any supplements. Only then you should take stuff not assume shit a priori...

>feel like no one wants me around
>realize I don't need anyone's approval to be happy
>go back to step 1

I just need to break this cycle once and for all. But how?

i see.. we´re the 1%

You could do something like HTML at first and just make a cool little webpage

It's a bit subjective. Some people start out great on Python, others on Java, a small few on 68k Assembly.

do it for the otherwise damned, nigel

I got two and a half chapters into Spivak before giving up

Honestly, I know a lot of people don't like him, in fact I used to not think much of him myself, but after watching some of his vids and looking at some of the interests he has, he actually comes across as a very nice, genuine guy, even if he is kind of insane.

I think I'd rather an insane encourager who practices what he preaches than a sane doomsayer.

Aye those subatomic experiments really did make me fucking think.

Thanks guys.
I need to start exercising again. That is something I used to do a lot but haven't had the will to lately. I intend to start again soon though. Thanks for compliment, bro.

People have no patience to read a book
Plough bydlo detected.
Internet era is the best era to read someting.
Got all my books from internet made hardcopies myself learned passive latin language.
So when I stayed in europe bought that books from amazon.
Hans Oerberg

Currently stepping up my exercise regimen, but really need to add more cardio. I'm drinking less alcohol and eating better.

I've also prioritised paying off debts this year and have managed to get it down to 0 thanks to some early repayments (the debts were calculated, I was trying to build a good credit score which I now have). I can now put all of my salary into savings, more or less.

I'm just about to leave my job which will leave me with some extra time for reading in the month before I start another 6 month contract. I'm going to be considering the RAF after those 6 months as it seems like a fairly decent way to retrain without spending much on it. Obviously the military isn't for everyone, but it was something I'd considered before university, and only put off because of being injured in a hit and run, so it's not too far a stretch. For a lot of the roles I'm considering, they also pay as much as my last job or only a bit less, but it would be a faster route to gaining skills that I want to learn.

Jagshimash!

JUST DO IT

YES YOU CAN

wow have you even read my post? I said nothing against internet...
fucking mudslime

Grammar nazi? Im on a fucking phone and its my off day.

Ubij muslima hrvata
CCCC
Smrt hrvatu

youtu.be/0CejtFYK7tk

be nice to borat it's not his fault

You can visit but you'll eventually have to go back.

But you are not Norse Gods,so?? Mongoloid pleb peasant trying to fit in. Fucking pathetic

How can you say no one wants you around?

All people experience loneliness. All people want belonging. Not many can be content being by themselves for more than an hour.

Find what it is you are looking for. Friends? GF?

This is your fault, murrishart

I think he's a bit slow and the copious amount of time working out could be spent on improving his mind or focusing on career advancement.

The higher up you go in your career, the more influence you'll have in saving the white race. Take a look at Trump.

>amon amarth

Morning routine
youtube.com/watch?v=pqGTtFIZm5Y

I too use reddit occasionally, to find interesting info. Never post anything however, only lurk for info

The more influence you can use*

That sounds gay.

Im going to stop pol.
So far ive stopped on my pc and only use in work, but there's no point since im already redpilled.
I get only negativity from here.

Started going to the gym, and stopped drinking alcohol. Don't know where to begin to look for a good book

Oh please don't get salty about the Borat stuff it's so fun when Kazakh's humor the stereotype, we know it's not realistic at all just play along lad.

christ

Good goy

I actually just read an article on that.
Basically fruits are still in the clear because they have so little fructose compared to that artificial shit we have like soda.
authoritynutrition.com/is-fruit-good-or-bad-for-your-health/

>What are you doing to improve yourself?

I get rid of my social inability step by step.

I signed for a gym and start lifting.

I practise playing my instrument more often.

I get more productive in general.

Sounds like a personal failure? I'm sorry? Not really sure what you want someone to say when you tell them you give up at something.

I don't quite get it.

Strength exercises. Feels good

What people call 'mainstream science' has been hijacked by politics, religion and corporations, yet even mainstream science acknowledges that atoms are made of empty space. Furthermore, mainstream science acknowledges that no atom ever touches any other atom. This means that no object ever touches any other object. Your feet are made of atoms and the ground is also made of atoms, but an atom never touches any other atom because electrical forces repel them, so technically your feet are not on the ground. Appearances are ALWAYS deceptive!

>What are you going to do with all of your newfound math skills now?
Whoops, didn't notice this. I intend to use it to break into a decent field of employment. Because I'm still in the fledgling stages, I'm still quite malleable. Definitely something STEM oriented though.

How long did it take you? How many days a week do you go?

What's goy about it?

What's this picture from? Looks like riot shields?

Claymation is redpilled

Hörst dich an wie ein Neger. Hast du nicht den Drang etwas besser als die Affen zu sein?

Good goy*

I'm a complete piece of shit who needs to go get a GED. Started judo though, so that's nice.

mainstream science as opposed to what? real science?

>I get more productive
You cant get more productive if you mean becoming more productive by being drunk guitar player and gay gym visitor who drink protein.
Using your own shit to grow kartopfell and drinking your own urine like in that movie "martian" is more productive

I've started doing some exercise between shitposting sessions, there hasn't been a huge change yet but I'm gradually increasing the intensity. It's been a while since I've done any serious shit, used to practice muay thai (which I highly recommend and want to get back into) and tai chi (which I also highly recommend and want to get back into). Muay thai is really fantastic for self-defense, and tai chi can be but is more about self control, getting to know and understand your body, and being able to focus your energy physically and mentally.

The thing that keeps me going the most is making sure that I'm always learning about new things. Seriously, if you're curious about something, don't just say "that's interesting" and move on. Find out more. Think hard about whatever it is, how it works, what its implications are. This can apply to anything. I've got a meme degree and I'm still able to hold conversations with people who study philosophy, biology, poiltics, all kinds of shit.

When a man stops learning, and loses his drive to understand the world around him, is when he stops being a man.

>Nietzsche
>Jean Paul sartre
>Bakunin
>Emma Goldman
>Socrates
>Plato

It's his own personal diary not meant for publication. If it motivated him so be it.

This guy was the most powerful man in the world, the closest a human being could be to a living god. It's extremely admirable how down to earth he was, especially considering the hijinks of other Emperors.

Yeah theyre riot shields from the ukraine revolution. The throne is from some tsar, no idea who made it

What are implying?

>Implying that what the average person simply calls 'science' hasn't been hijacked by politics, religion and corporations.

My Struggle, Imperium, The way of men,The Iron Guard, The sea wolf (trust me, it's a gold book on masculinity), Call of the Wild, Whitefang, Journey to the center of earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Going to the gym is good if you are not doing anything but it is boring and shallow. I recommend you to train traditional kung fu, shaolin quan, white crane, hung gar, choy li fut to name a few. Kung fu has a different approach to training, its all about improving your health and learning to find balance in everything you do, you might not know it but shaolin comes from buddhism and even if you dont meditate or anything youll be affected by its principles.

These days, I've been looking up to a few Chinese billionaires, many of whom were military men, and more specifically Wang Jianlin. They don't have very well polished backgrounds (degrees and MBAs from top universities and great experience in top firms, and so on) and most likely got to where they are through sheer force of will and self-discipline.

money.cnn.com/2016/02/22/news/wang-jianlin-book-advice/index.html

>Emma Goldman
what the hell does she have to do with greats like sarte, socrates, plato and nietzche? Like comparing mike brown with washington

I escaped my NEET days by starting out laboring part time.
Started an apprenticeship a few months ago and started going to the gym 3-5 times a week around the same time.

Lost ~8kg and feeling a lot stronger but i still smoke cigarettes heavily and weed a few times a week.
I just kinda feel that weed is preferable to drinking alcohol as it isn't as hard on the body and at least gets me thinking about interesting things, it also doesnt seem to impact on my life functioning normally aside from taking up free time which i suppose i could be using more productively.

To those of you who are starting out exercising, its hard to get into at first just promise yourself that you will walk in the door and you can leave whenever you wish. soon enough it becomes a habit and you will want to go.

Another good goy

Thanks

question
I´m trying to suck ym own dick and that requires to be /fit/ and alot of training, does this count as self-improvement?

More info on the stotics please

I've been lifting for a while. I've gotten fit, near the legs, abs, back, but can't make gains in the upper body

Just resd "might is right" by Ragnar redbeard and anout to start reading some books about "Snorre kingssaga" or maybe other books related to it.

Currently lifting heavy and cutting, never been more in shape. Going out with friends and being social in a non-degenerate way today aswell. Which i hope i can do more often.

Any advice on what to do with internet addiction? I beat my video game addiction and turned it into inspiration for lifting. But internet browsing is really destroying my work and study.

Get to it, then.

How so?

Start with marcus aurelius meditations than move on to enchiridion and letters from seneca

Join a martialarts club. Firststep is best step.

You will get fit, mneet people and learn how to fuck assholes up and get a confidence boost.

Search for something you can do 3 times a week at least.

I play the trumpet in an orchestra, I only drink or do other drugs on saturday, I don't use faggy protein shit or dietary supplements and just go to the gym to get healthier and get rid of my physique like a stick.

What do you do?

Good goy

>wake up at 5 am
>coffee, shower, light reading while drinking coffee
>go to the gym
>I'm alone, all equipment is mine, workout is amazing
>leave gym, see the sunrise
>come home at 7.30 AM, people are just waking up and I've already stimulated my mind and body
>feels amazing

I keep this up for about 4 days straight and then it's back to comfortable depression. Feels bad man. I need to crack this willpower stuff.

Right on! How about machining?
youtube.com/watch?v=8CSwOebmb0A

Not many are going into it these days. A lot of the workforce is retiring. High demand skill in low supply. Good pay (not as much as a ME) but you can work/move just about anywhere and land on your feet.

Does anybody else live with constant anxiety/depression?

I started my self improvement journey 6 years ago and honestly it has made a mess of me for some reason.
I used to be a non stop gamer, watched alot of porn too.
I wasn't necassarily happy but my emotions were fairly level. I would get pleasure from eating food, or doing well on my game. I got a dopamine rush from building a new computer, or listening to a good song. I had love for females, despite being quite hopeless with them.

I eventually decided to give up the neet lifestyle and instead pursued fitness, career, women etc.

Now I earn decent money, am fit and good looking and can get a girl here and there. I can go to a party without sperging out.

But for some reason my mental state has deteriorated terribly. I no longer feel anything towards girls. I dont get 'crushes' anymore, or super horny being around them. I dont get excitment from anything. I can go a full day without feeling hungry. When I eat I dont get pleasure, I just consume as much food as I can before I get full, because I know my body needs calories.
Some nights I cant sleep at all, other days I just want to lay in bed all day.
I react to alcohol differently now. I can drink heaps and I will get slightly more sociable, but never truly drunk having an awesome time like when I was a teenager. The anxiety is constantly present, keeping me aware of myself.

I find no joy in social relationships anymore, I used to be a awkward neet but at least I had genuine friends, the kind you laugh with and genuinely are happy to see you. I dont have those anymore, I never get past acquaintence with anyone because they sense my social disconnect.

I dont know why the fuck i am like this.

Either start eating better(eggs, fish, chicken) or get some suplements like protein the natural stuff don't take chemicals they suck.
It took me almost a year for the upper body to start growing

I am vegan and ex stoic but now I just want to enjoy life.
By enjoy I mean becoming dandy, fucking new girl everyday, buying alfa romeo
And yes stoicism at the end wont help

Not everyone can do mathematics, it requires levels of intuitive thinking that you don't encounter in secondary education. If you cannot appreciate analysis there is no point wasting your limited time studying precalculus and differential equations.

DO NOT give yourself permission to do x just because someone you know (and perhaps respect) does. DO NOT feel obliged to do x just because someone else does it. DO NOT compare yourself to others around you. DO NOT give yourself excuses for why you are where you are in your life.

open up word or notepad and write down your goals and desires. don't think too much, just write. write down (roughly) your weekly and daily plan. review that shit every day for 5 minutes. add or subtract as you see fit. good luck user

Good goy

Do a long run in the evening. I run for an hour a night and make sure I'm exhausted.

Puts me to bed early and I wake up feeling fine

>By enjoy I mean becoming dandy, fucking new girl everyday, buying alfa romeo

What a waste.

Philosophy is the root of all science and theology. I want to get into mathematics just for the challenge and feeling of accomplishment but philosophy is literally the most important thing there is, in terms of human progress and thought.

Studying logic is extremely hard but rewarding too.

Anxiety works exponentially, user. It sucks.

This piece of advice helped me out a lot: Instead of taking deep breaths in, take deep breaths out.

Try it and you'll notice why.
>Deep breath in: Anxiety goes into overdrive
>Deep breath out: Amplified Relaxation

Does anyone know if it's possible to learn a trade while full time at uni? Even though I'm full time STEM I can just do most shit online and I have heaps of for a trade. Just need a day off for pracs

anxiety sucks man such a cunt of a thing

when you say my struggle do you mean the one from Karl Ove Knausgård or the one from that painter dude?

Yes you should learn philosophy but it being root of all science doesnt mean its more important today.

I am in my Senior year of Highschool. I can't exercise every day, but I do so every two days and count my calories. I abstain from processed sugars and meats of all kinds, I eat more fresh greens, and grow my own mint.

I have lost 30 pounds of fat, went from benching ~80 to benching 130, and have almost no constipation ever since I did this. I'm even starting to look more fit than fat, which my girlfriend compliments me on as she remembers me when I was sad and fat. With my newfound healthy state, I am now studying harder than before. I have good grades, high enough for the Academic Admission from TAMU, and already am taking Physics C.

Life is good, surprisingly good, for a manlet spic. My Highschool is in the top 100 in the nation, my city one of the cheapest to live in, and my community trying it's best to eradicate crime. We have less crime than Houston, and we are on the border!

Life is good, men. I wish you all luck.

Enjoy your boring, dull life then, sven
There will be only your kids and no good memories of your life at the last minutes when you will die.
Maybe you will die in accident tomorrow
Who knows

why is push-ups not a real exercise?

You are one good goy aren't you

Refer to /fit/ nigger

You aren't the only one mate. Especially the middle section of what you wrote.

I simply find myself in a position where I don't want to talk to women. Not because I'm anxious, but because I know exactly how the conversation will go.

The only time I find it amusing, is by making jokes on my expense and seeing how they react.

I have little to no motivation to pursue a relationship, and their attraction in my eyes drops when they open their mouths.

The same thing also happens to me with alcohol, I'am slightly more outgoing if and when I do drink, however I never lose connection with my mind.

Despondence is a symptom of the modern world.

>Life is good, men. I wish you all luck.
Likewise to you

My biggest problem is staying in bed. Ever since I got a laptop I don't even need to get out of bed to browse the internet. It's killing me but in a way it also feels stronger than myself.

I need to become high-energy.

That german painter dude.

>I might die in an accident
Which is exactly why one should make the most of life. Through Discipline and self-mastery.
>There will be only your kids and no good memories of your life when you die
Not following completly. Will everything I've done mean nothing after my death?
>boring, dull life
Pretty sure it's better than your's.

I only know basic Java Script. How useful is it?

I feel like i'm back to square one.
At least i got better at studying, high school was never a challenge, and starting university caught me off guard.
I let myself go... way too much. January and February wrecked me, as i was sitting around studying and gorging on sweets because i was stressed out. But as a personal achievement, i read 1000 pages/week, something that i never thought i was capable of.
I've managed to slowly get a grip in the 2nd semester. Got better at organizing my time. Had a girlfriend. Had excellent grades (my best 1st semester grade was my worst 2nd semester grade). I cleared the semester in June, which means i was free for the summer.
Spent the summer working out and working on my eating habits. Got my body and eating habits back to pre university shape, and i'm working on my body further. I went to the gym 5 days/week, working out/jogging outside on the weekends.

In hindsight maybe i could have squeezed in getting my driver's licence for this summer. But i think i had my hands full, and i'm proud that i snapped out of it. It further motivates me to push on to getting completely /fit/. I'll be honest, i was really pessimistic at the start. The weighing scale was there, mocking me, taunting me, telling me how much i fucked up.

Physically i'm back to square one, but mentally i've improved.

Take a break from weed.
That shit is literally poisoning your brain. Whenever you aint smoking, everything feels boring and useless and not worth your time and so you come to Cred Forums and hope for a happening.

Stop weed, give it a week. Time will seem like it flows less rapidly, like you have actual time to do little things you enjoy like grabbing a pen and drawing shapes. Do the little simple things you enjoy and theyll become huge hobbies.

Quit weed, man. Seriously.

t. former stoner that thought weed was just a simple drug that I could smoke everyday.

its a mudslime ignore it otherwise it will stink...

situps are bad for you, do planks instead

They always fucking stink. Thanks for reminding me. Taking the bait is far too easy. How's Croatia?

You see guys. This is what I was talking about. Losers who need to make excuses for being lazy and not trying to achieve even a basic high school education. This is not some magical inability that some humans have built into them. You essentially just made the "I'm just big boned" argument for your own failure to apply yourself in life. 10/10 would be disappointed in you if I was your parents.

True, but it's good to keep perspective. Scientism is a real thing and a great plague. The idea that science is the end all and be all, how science can explain existence (it can't.)

Just read some scientific magazines to stay up to date but put your mental energy into philosophy.

Or do whatever the fuck you want.

This. I also suffer from anxiety, but I always feel better when I breathe in as slowly, as gently and as deeply as I possibly can. This is why I don't run as exercise, I just walk for somewhat long distances when I exercise (because running makes people breathe much faster than usual). Consider this: The slowest creatures tend to be the longest-living creatures. For example, turtles can live for over a hundred years.

"Many illustrations could be given of the mathematical relationship between man's respiratory rate and the variations in his states of consciousness. A person whose attention is wholly engrossed, as in following some closely knit intellectual argument, or in attempting some delicate or difficult physical feat, automatically breathes very slowly. Fixity of attention depends on slow breathing; quick or uneven breaths are an inevitable accompaniment of harmful emotional states: fear, lust, anger. The restless monkey breathes at the rate of 32 times a minute, in contrast to man's average of 18 times. The elephant, tortoise, snake and other animals noted for their longevity have a respiratory rate which is less than man's. The tortoise, for instance, who may attain the age of 300 years, breathes only 4 times per minute." - Paramahansa Yogananda

So, overall, you are better. Good job, man! Try to do the physical again after some stretching, for it may make it fun

>hurr, get up at 8 am, eat and train, study, get a girlfriend

This is AVERAGE knowledge guys, are you really that far down the drain that these things are somewhat mindblowing to you?

I'm all for slaying and all these other gentlemanly activities, but shouldn't there also be a kind of devotion to a higher purpose that is slightly more serious?

I'm most definitely NOT suggesting that you stop fucking around.

Great weather, retarded politicians overall not bad.

Fast metabolism + lightweight
Doesn't help, I could put some muscle but it would be miniscule

Stupid negroid.
First stoic Socrates had sex with shittones of women and drunk almost everyday.
Diogenes masturbated in markets and forums.
No go do your nanny stuff until ahmed somalia chops your head with kitchen knife

being short is great for the gym, and being short/unfit is much worse than being short/fit

That's a stupid way of thinking because you do not know in advance the point you can reach before having an experience of it.

It may very well be possible that a person develops certain new abilities as he tries to accomplish something and so while he would not become a good mathematician by any mean, he would still get something valuable out of it.

That's pretty much all you need to have a fulfulling life though. The entire point of the stoics is you don't need a lot to be happy.

Do this plus pursue something you enjoy = good life.

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underrated

Which slavshit rat hole did this video come from?

If it were up to me everybody would have to have couple of years of philosophy and logic in school.
>kazahstan slavshit not sandnigger shit rat hole
stay informed canada

I already have all of these, It didn't make me break a sweat doing so, are you guys really that weak?

How can this terrorist improve?

Yes, but i could have done it without getting fat first.
I really like this thread, i've seen a lot of interesting stuff, and i feel motivated.

>And lastly, worship Islam.

Future genocide victims and other assorted vermin shouldn't speak.

Trudeau didn't.

Bro, I lift weights and act like a stuck up dick about it on Cred Forums.

I am addicted to sugar, i actually cannot go without the stuff. i hate it, i have tried to cut out sugar and only eat natural sources but i end up getting incredible head aches and shakes.

The fuck is wrong with me Cred Forums

It's just very easy to relapse into mindlessly browsing the internet because it's so comfortable.

I fuck my girlfriend, go to the gym, read some books, and then I have 8 hours left in the day where I'm glued to the computer.

I think the comfortable life in the West makes it really easy to become lazy, depressed, and bored.

If you really hit the rock bottom, join the military. You get healthy exercise, mostly a stable and healthy eating rhythm, you learn to control your emotions, you learn to sleep and wake up properly and you get enough money to sustain a healthy lifestyle. Of course that can end bad and you become an alcoholic but that's not the majority.

Hmmmm nice

I follow the words of Mike Tyson:
If you want to become great, you have to learn to love doing things you hate to do.
Or something along those lines.

one thing to keep in mind is that the art of programming is learning how to do "stuff" with computers.

learning how to loop/iterate (ie: do this 10 times or do this thing until username == "OP"), and use control structures (ie: if user is OP then call him a faggot, else print "fake and gay").

these are basic things in all languages, so once you learn how to use these, you can switch between languages since you already "know how to program"

I have a basic high school education buddy, and what I said is absolutely right. Analysis is not something that can be broken down step by step, something you can pound in via rote memorisation, and therefore it's not achievable by everyone like basic maths. If you don't have the natural aptitude for it you might as well put your time into other things.

Fructose is well known to be a big bad wolf in sheep's clothing. Since our body has no way of limiting its effect and dealing with it via insulin, it goes straight into your blood stream and then gets stored as fat in the cells.
You are correct about not outsmarting nature, but if you look at animals in the wild, they walk a very fine line regarding fat stores and do an incredible job regulating fruit intake. So take a page out of 'Nature' as you said and know when enough pineapples and bananas and mangoes are enough..

I haven't masturbated for the last 2 weeks,
I'm not sure if I feel better for it or not.
I'm having some really erotic dreams.

obesity?

post inspirational stuff

are you me?
>study psychology.
>2 master degrees.
>shitty country where you can't even flip burgers.
>almost 30 years. no gf, job, house,
>friends are so far away in any sense.

I wasn't prepared for all the emptyness.
the only way I can improve is puttin myself 6 feet under

Im overweight but im not so far gone that its not fixable.

You ever get those moments of perfect balance where the anxiety buildup gets channeled into raw physical energy?

I also prefer walking long distances over running short ones, particularly when it is snowing.

Simple. Treat your case as you would do an addiction. Cut it out completely, Leave none in the house, dont shop alone. Hold on and stay strong during the detox phase.

Work, therefore to be able to say to every harsh appearance, "You are but an appearance, and not absolutely the thing you appear to be." And then examine it by those rules which you have, and first, and chiefly, by this: whether it concerns the things which are in our own control, or those which are not; and, if it concerns anything not in our control, be prepared to say that it is nothing to you.

you´re addicted to sugar, you just wrote it yourself. those are symptons from detoxing. if you have a normie diet sugar is gonna be the least of your problems. look up "leaky gut"

It's fairly fucking obvious that there are people who can have even slight temperamental differences that lead to dramatic change in outcome.

A slightly lesser capacity to resist your impulses or a larger propensity to have them, a higher tendency to have anxiety, is probably enough to cause differences which, over the course of a decade, will accumulate to the point where the outcomes are wildly different compared to a person who didn't have these problems.

Calling people weak doesn't do shit.

Help, I don't know what's wrong with me and it won't go away.

Seeing a urologist to see if he'll put me on trt. I'm 343 at 24 years old, so if he refuses, I'll just buy some myself. 150mg a week plus aromasin as needed is my plan.

Try this:
Day 1: protein
Day 2: veggies (rice is allowed)
Day 3: fruit (no watermelons, avoid large quantities of grapes)
Or Double it :
Days 1 and 2, 3 and 4 and 5 and 6 as above.
Repeat 2-4 times depending on how you feel.
For protein days watch out for salt. No bread/carbs. Get chicken breasts/salmon, low fat fermented milk, canned fish (mackerel is good) make sure to drain the oil from the can.
For veggie days do what you want, for me that was the worst day. I ate a lot of rice since it's allowed.
For fruit days i recommend apples and various berries.

You can eat sugar in moderation after, but if you ever feel you're starting to eat it in excess repeat the process

Read my posts. After going nofap, the rest of my other bad habits have washed over me. I'm clean, my man.

thanks m8.

> Remember that following desire promises the attainment of that of which you are desirous; and aversion promises the avoiding that to which you are averse. However, he who fails to obtain the object of his desire is disappointed, and he who incurs the object of his aversion wretched. If, then, you confine your aversion to those objects only which are contrary to the natural use of your faculties, which you have in your own control, you will never incur anything to which you are averse. But if you are averse to sickness, or death, or poverty, you will be wretched. Remove aversion, then, from all things that are not in our control, and transfer it to things contrary to the nature of what is in our control. But, for the present, totally suppress desire: for, if you desire any of the things which are not in your own control, you must necessarily be disappointed; and of those which are, and which it would be laudable to desire, nothing is yet in your possession. Use only the appropriate actions of pursuit and avoidance; and even these lightly, and with gentleness and reservation.

Check the skin color on their arms. They're your kin, turk.

Why only one food group every day? Why not just even it out over all days. Just eat a banana every day or an apple, and eat some cottage cheese before you go to bed

>You ever get those moments of perfect balance where the anxiety buildup gets channeled into raw physical energy?

Yes. This is a wonderful example of how to transform something harmful into something helpful.

I didn't even think sugar was an addictive substance, why is this allowed?

No problem, bros.

I sit at home for like 8 months now doing nothing and I'm too lazy to go to my uni.

But I started to work out 3-4 times a week for a couple hours and watch my nutrition to get some serious gains.

Diogenes was a NEET

I'd be open to this.

Understandable. As unpopular as this opinion may be, we do not have the hydrochloric acid, the claws, the teeth, or long intestinal tract to digest flesh. We are by design herbivore/frugivore.

I read this every year in the summer and it keeps blowing my mind.

If you guys only read one book, let it be this one.

Basically god on earth, he hired a servant just to go up to him every day and say "remember, you're only human".

A person i trust that works in a gym recommended me the method, and it worked.

I have decided to reread the Bible from a science point of view. So far I have understood much more than ever. I know God is the Creator but I also know the science he uses is very advanced. Jesus being born on the Earth had so many implications. Jesus ' mode of transportation being very different from the creator. Seems God uses different' 'ships" to travel whereas Jesus used anti gravity and molecular shifts such as floating into the clouds or walking through walls and freaking out people.

One thing that has really stuck k out to me. Every time man goes before God he is so freightened he bows with his face to the ground. Even single time God tells man to "stand up on your feet like a man"! God has never told us to bow before him but everytime I found he told him to stand up on his feet! Little things like this is popping out to me now. To my fellow Crosses of course I would bow to the creator. Let him tell me to stand up because he is the Creator and we have not done our intended job while he's been exploring and creating across his created universe. I will thank him for cloning women for us even though they have caused much trouble.

>I wasn't prepared for all the emptyness.
after my gf (the one person in my life i really opened up to about my depression and really trusted to help me through it) stabbed me in the back my whole world was consumed by a complete feeling of total crushing loneliness, like i was trapped in a black void in my own mind , i had no one to lean on when i needed someone more than ever before, but i came to understand that i needed to work though it myself, alone if needs be, if no one else would help. Yeah i'm not going to lie my gf left with some some scars around trust and getting close to people, that's natural when you get abandoned by someone you were actively planning to marry, but i learnt a new self sufficiency and the ability to be by myself in exchange

>Illuminated
>"I choose Commodo as my heir"

What kind of music should i listen to ?

I've come to abandon the Meditations (and the Stoics generally) simply because I feel their insight is limited to a sort of sophisticated intellectualization / rationalization. They identifies categories -- what is Logical (part of the Logos), what is within your control, what is outside your control, etc -- and then assume that proper categorization will lead to a sort of relief.

I'm not saying this is bad but I'm not sure it's enough. It's very good at evoking a certain ideal, however.

I never figured out how or why to control it at whim.

It's a moon and tides "Gohan saiyan transformation" thing right now.

Maybe there really is a way to master that balance.

Sorta thinking of just dropping the internet all together.
The longer I'm on here, the more I just wanna read books, meditate and listen to music.
I already managed to discard my cellphone with zero effort. I'm just wondering if I could do the same with my computer.

that book is in my bathroom as shitting lecture.. what a coinkidink

youtube.com/watch?v=27g5Xs4lHUk

I think i will try this user, thanks. I am going to savour my last cherry coke and then quit for good.

after i kick that addiction il tackle fapping.

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Can you really fault him for picking his own son? And he was last of 5 great emperors.

Even christianity draws from stoic ideas. Stoicism isnt only about dichotomy of control

youtube.com/watch?v=OQy-T2PynPk

The Empire was fucked no matter what he did, I admire him simply for his ability to stay down to earth while he could quite literally do whatever the fuck he wanted. I don't really care about his politics.

It's a practical philosophy above all. You should take its truth claims with a bit of salt (such as the existence of gods) and put it in perspective. Nevertheless, the actual advice is golden.

If you want to go down that rabbit hole, Paul the Apostle was immensely influenced by Greek philosophy and stoicism in particular, and in a way it helped shape catholic theology.

Never, ever, allow another human to know you suffer from depression. That is why she left. Get treated and keep your mouth shut next go. Get a good job so you can explore the wonders if Asian girls. They are all you could ever ask for from the Creator. Their happiness depends on your happiness. Keep the medical shit away from her though.

personally i'm looking at pursuing the history side of things more, i would love nothing more than to work in a nice quiet friendly museum somewhere, if anything my experience has taught me that you should strive to do what you love and have talent for, be content because you are happy, not because you are rich

You know that the human race evolved away from the other great apes because we began to eat more meat and bone marrow right?

Being vegetarian is contrary to human nature and evolution.

>Even christianity draws from stoic ideas. Stoicism isnt only about dichotomy of control

Christianity adds something to the basic Stoic categories. There's a mythology and, more importantly, a practice and goes beyond the Stoic's rationalizations, meaning that it appeals to something other than the intellect.

Christianity is a very romantic / emotional religion. The Christian god is a god of love, the story of humanity contains many tragic element, and therefore Christianity goes beyond our rational faculties in that sense. It appeals to our emotions.

(Islam: submission, Christianity: emotion, Buddhism: contemplation.)

>It's a practical philosophy above all.

It's oriented toward achieving certain results, a certain state of mind, but the means it uses to get there I believe to be inadequate. I'm not suggesting that the Stoic are bad, simply that they only act on a fairly circumscribed part of the human experience which has to be complemented by other practices that aren't rational in nature such as contemplative meditations.

Stoics are required reading but they're not enough. I believe this is so because they made the mistake of identifying human nature and the nature of Nature itself, with the Logos or Rationality, the only expression of which was through language. They ignore these parts of human nature which were not rational as being unnatural and false, which I believe was a mistake.

>Never, ever, allow another human to know you suffer from depression. That is why she left
that's why it was a good decision for me, i don't want to spend my life with someone who will abandon me in such a way she did, i stuck with her through her depression for a year and helped her through it, it was good i found out she was not so kind before i married her

never forget

Is it worth reading though?

I have been there. ame story, a girl let me. I have worked on myself, both at the gym and at therapy, my problem is this shit hole. there is nothing, tomorrow there will be nothing. days will pass and this idiot filled desert will go lower and lower until hell seems as above as heaven. and there is no escape. you can only dream of a shitty job (as seen in: >1000 salary) and be a forced manchild for life.
fuck it.

for anyone who is looking at learn something to improve theirselves. great ide. If I don't recall wrong, there was a dude on piratebay, Dohduhdah, he posted a lot of TTC courses.

I meditate once a day every day in the morning immediately after I wake up. That helps me to master that balance (not to say that I've mastered that balance, since I haven't - but I'm gradually getting there). Meditation is the best medication.

>mein Kampf
One of the most boring books ever. No-one of you did actually read it. The random thoughts of a dude in prison.

>Never, ever, allow another human to know you suffer from depression.
can STRONGLY confirm this, even with family members

How the fuck do you do it in the morning? My mornings are generally terrible.

>my problem is this shit hole.
you want to talk about shit holes? i live in East London, the shittiest of shit hole ghettos, the people around me sit in their repetitive minimum wage jobs, no ambition, no intelligence, caring only about sex and drugs and alcohol. But yet every single time i see that, everytime i realise how shit this place i'm living with my parents is, i gain that much more motivation to get out of her, to live somewhere where i wont get killed by ISIS, where they have bakeries instead of chicken shops, and libraries instead of mosques

Yes, that's a common criticism, and it's fair. It's true there isn't a lot of room for emotions and stoics can come across as cold.

You make a good point about the Logos. To them the world is an inherently rational place, as if rationality is "woven" into the world. That's why their cosmology was so linear, neat, orderly. Earth in the middle with the celestial bodies (who equalled the gods) in perfect circles surrounding them.

Emotions they viewed as the temporary loss of reason, and thus in a way unnatural. Emotions weren't really a part of the human essence for them, more like a design flaw.

It's really only with the Romantics that emotions became important again. I'm not sure what to think of it.

I wonder who's behind this post.

How the fuck do people NOT do it in the morning? Meditation is NOT the same as sleeping, although it offers similar benefits. The morning is the MOST ideal time to meditate, since you've just woken up and are about to start a whole new day. Meditation in the morning recharges you and energises you for whatever the day has in store for you.

Anthropology is just looking at tribes and stuff. It's genuinely interesting and enlightening, and gives the sort of insight into the nature of man that most people only think they have.

But archeology is basically anthropology, but with dead people. A lot of archeology also comes down to the skills related to digging up said dead people, and learning about the cultures they were part of.

Studied it in a wishy-washy manner for two years, but it's definitely very interesting. No jerbs, but for which sort of university education ARE there jerbs, these days? My sis is a doctor, and she had to go to Germany to work under shit conditions, because it was the only way to get a jerb.

But if anthropology interests you, you ought to watch this documentary:

youtube.com/watch?v=HhAvuPlhdNA

In the jungle, only the killer has the right to not be killed.

Stoicism doesnt ignore emotions nor does it seek to eliminate them but to control them in order to follow virtue. Stoicism is about arete or excellence of any kind that is living to ones full potential which is requisite for eudamonia (flourishing, happiness). Living in accordance to nature means not only nature of logos but with ones own including emotions.

How would you compare Germany just before Hitler came to power, but after WWI, with Spain? Better or worse?

"Not by anyone who hasn't studied the life of Hitler so my original statement was incorrect

I'm a big time Hitler aficionado, not for the Stormfag reasons like killing Jews, but because of his will to power
He went from homeless man to arguably the most powerful man in the entire world in a very short amount of time

I also admire Stalin for possessing equally as much force of will as he also came from essentially nothing

Those men are a testament to the power of the individual and we live in a time where we are constantly told that the individual is powerless because the elites like it this way
They don't want people believing in themselves."
Read my other posts and tell me what you think.

Blood Meridian is the only good book on that list.

>How the fuck do people NOT do it in the morning?

Because you're incredibly uncomfortable and you feel like falling asleep.

Keep it up, user.

he was homeless austrian jew who went batshit crazy and killed himself after destroying germany.

get 7 hours sleep minimum

also don't ever stare at a screen (laptop/phone) in bed before sleep

waking up becomes refreshing

But the point of sleeping in the first place is that you DON'T feel like falling asleep when you wake up.

those days are over. the individuality today is crushed to the floor. nobody, not even the sheeple called citizens wants individuals, they can't understand them.

>mfw I live in the country with most big brother editions of the world.
>mfw no face expresses that lot of rage, sandess and disgust

This has not corresponded to my experience but this guy gets it.

It's just about certain that how you feel in the morning is gonna be function of what you do during the day, how much sleep you get and what you do in the evening before going to sleep. I've gotten better with this but only because I meditate before going to sleep, not in the morning, at which point I feel too terrible to do much of anything except drinking coffee.

>all is lost

Don't participate in this thread then. You obviously disagree with the basic premise.

Examine his background: when he was young, his father would beat him until he was unconscious, his father died when he was young, and then he became homeless soon after his mother died, all before he reached his mid-20s. Eventually, he became the leader of one of Europe's most mighty countries, became the leader of a movement and a people that barely anybody has never heard of, especially in the West, and was one of a few central figures in the early twentieth century. With his strength of will and character, he changed the course of history - even at one point leading a war against the all the most powerful countries at the time.

The kind of guts that guy had was immense.

He means well.