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Weekly Improvement Thread - Dec 29th

Hello comrades and welcome to the last improvement megathread of 2024!

Special shout out to everybody who checked in to the threads this year.

It's the last thread of the year so let us know how was your 2024! What were your W's and L's this year? Do you have some resolutions/goals for 2025?

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Long live the great unity of all the peoples of the whole nation

全国各民族大团结万岁

Quanguo ge minzu da tuanjie wansui

Good luck in 2025!

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  • More of the same this week. Didn't go to the gym. Worked out just a bit at home. Feeling all over the place in general, just waiting for the holidays to pass.

    For 2024:

    Ws:

    -Finally found some consistency midway through the year up until more or less a week ago in so far as working out. Lost between 15-20lbs (6-9kg for all the metric system heads). Seeing some changes in my body as well, but still have a long way to go to hit my goal of being part of the swoletariate

    -Went on my first date in a years. It went well and I have memories from it that I'll hold onto forever.

    -Had a few moments where I finally opened up about my emotions to my mom. Its something that I'm still working on, but I'm glad I was able to to the extent that I had.

    Ls:

    -Still struggling with social anxiety. I was hoping to advance my relationship with my crush after my first date and I can't help but feel like I've stalled. I'm also just still struggling with staying in touch with my old friends and even the ones that I have haven't inspired confidence in my ability to maintain friendships because they end up ghosting me when I suggest we hang out.

    -Kind of piggybacking on that, I feel like I try way too hard to make up for my deficiencies in socializing by being a people pleaser, especially in the work place. I'll often work solo shift to give my crew an opportunity to have a social life and that comes from a sincere place, but I also do it so much that looking back I feel like I'm just burning myself out way too much.

    Resolutions/Goals for 2025:

    -Take better care of myself. I really need to go to a doctor for a general checkup because its been forever. I've also really dragged my feet on trying to get therapy. Also considering getting diagnosed for ADHD/autism to get a clearer picture of what I can do to better live with some of the things I feel.

    -Continue to lock in at the gym and lose just a bit more weight.

    -Grow my relationships and be consistent with it as well.

  • My 2024 was a mixed bag but it was still the best (least miserable?) year since 2018. I had some health issues which lasted for months but I still managed to make progress. I finished reading How Not to Die and massively improved my diet. I am now eating a whole-foods plant-based diet 90% of the time. I also did a lot of running, meditating and reading this year, more than previous years.

    Some plans for 2025:

    • continue running regularly (at least 1x per week, preferably 2x)
    • run a 5k race
    • practice bodyweight exercises (at least 1x per week)
    • start doing some basic strength training with dumbbells
    • touch grass and hang out with friends regularly
    • continue reading regularly (at least one page every workday)
    • continue meditating regularly
    • practice guitar, drums and songwriting

    I'm probably gonna add more stuff to this list but this is the basic outline. Hoping everybody has a good 2025! Let's make some progress

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