Hello comrades and welcome to the fourth improvement megathread of August! 
Some discussion ideas:
- How was your week?
- Do you have some plans for next week?
- Do you have some tools or resources that you want to share?
Poster caption
Intellectuals must unite with fellow workers, peasants and soldiers
知识分子必须同工农兵相结合
Zhishi fenzi bixu tong gongnongbing xiang jiehe
Good luck with your goals! 
This week I was on vacation so my main priority was relaxing. I rode my bike, cuddled my cat, did some reading, played some videogames.
Next week I’m going to the seaside so the priority is the same. I’m gonna log off as much as possible and touch sand. The improvement continues in September, until then I’m chilling
roll call
@SeventyTwoTrillion@hexbear.net
@TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net
@LGOrcStreetSamurai@hexbear.net
@Tomorrow_Farewell@hexbear.net
If anybody else wants to be added to the roll call, just let me know
Sitckied good luck
JOb hunt this week was garbo hoping more for next week, full time part time temporary it don’t matter I’ve lowered my expectations with this economy at this point. The library staff has been friendly enough to me at least though tomorrow the library is closed so I’ll be in the park mostly just trying to do some of my own writing for fun and read some. I’ll do my attempt to work out though as always gotta take it slow, if I can hop a bit hopefully my sprained ankle has healed enough.
I think if I do anything at least I’ll think of a ttrpg campaign I wanna run, probably not with my friend group but I’ll figure it out eventually.
I fell off hard this week. I think I ran once. I was sore from work and took a couple days off from running and just haven’t gotten back into my routine. Probably won’t run tomorrow either because I loaded and entire dumpster with junk from my house today.
Had a weak moment with my sobriety. When cleaning out my garage I found an old fentanyl nasal spray bottle. It was completely dry, but I could see residue in the bottom. I probably would have done it if there wasn’t such a huge risk of death, given that I had no idea how much was in there when I lost it. I guess I should still be proud because there was a time where I would have tried to do it one way or another.
Back when in my training days I was introduced to some training courses through my energy company, I remember signing up and doing an interview for them for a neck fan and forgetting about it for a while. Finally signed up and alright it’s not bad plus it’s free, gonna be doing them while job hunting/the temp agency I signed up with gets back to me. I think I can put them on my resume at least so that’s neat
I need to renew my efforts. My injury, while merely minor, and having taken time off, have left me less motivated lately.
In good news, Ive started a more comprehensive hygiene routine that has gone well.
While I can’t do much about the economy I can work on another goal I’ve had many times already that of finally quitting pornography. I’ll admit younger me has tried “no fap” to no success and no pornography to various limited success I think I was inspired by something I read today
from an anarchist cook book recipe for disaster CW mature themes sex etc
just as refusing to regard the products of animal exploitation as food can help you re- discover your ability to feel compassion in a desensitized society, it can be a worthwhile experiment to avoid pornography and conventional representations of sex. These gener- ally reinforce the notion of sex as a performance of domination and submission, and lust as a desire for objectified bodies that conform to unhealthy beauty norms-to such an extent that when two people who have spent their lives being conditioned by them come together in bed, it is not an intersection of two individuals, but of the images they put in place of themselves and each other. As my friend who counsels perpetrators of sexual abuse and domestic violence tells them, if all your sexual encounters have taken place under the influence of hierarchical programming, you’ve never made love–you don’t know even h o w what it is
deleted my porn gonna hop off sites I go on etc for at least a solid week. I’m without a partner and in no real place to find someone anyway so figure now’s a good time than any to deprogram myself. Even if I remain vocel my whole life all this improvement stuff if for my own benefit anyway.
