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While material circumstances beyond our control do govern much of our daily lives, people do have agency and choices to make, whether that is as "simple" as disciplining yourself to not doomscroll, to as complex as recreating yourself to have many different hobbies and habits.

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Hello comrades and welcome to the second improvement megathread of July!

As usual, some discussion ideas:

  • Do you want to share something you've done in the previous week? Everything counts, nothing is too small.
  • Do you have any plans or goals for next week?
  • Do you have any streaks? For example, "sober for one day." Feel free to post your streak every day in this thread.
  • If you don't have a continuous streak, did you manage to abstain from something for a day or more?
  • Did you come across some useful information or resource that might help others?

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[–] blight@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Still feeling shitty, but this weekend I managed to go for a walk both days. Hopefully I can keep it up. Trying to moderate my caffeine intake and I’m feeling better in some ways but worse in others. Slowly taking control over my bedtime (tankie alert!). A little more reasonable about my crush obsession.

[–] moonlake@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

Have you tried drinking green tea instead of coffee? It's a great choice if you're trying to moderate your caffeine intake.

In regards to walking, I have a step counting app on my phone and try to get 6000 steps every day. It's a good way to motivate yourself to walk more bridget-yoyo-walk