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Hello comrades and welcome to the third improvement megathread of September! It's the middle day of the month, good time to review your progress so far and remind yourself of your goals for the rest of the month. 
As usual, some discussion ideas:
- How is your September going so far?
- Do you want to share something you've done in the previous week? Everything counts, nothing is too small.
- Do you have any goals or plans 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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This week I did a lot of microexercises. My new habit is to do 2 incline push-ups every time before I wash my hands. Today I'm feeling kinda sick so I don't have any big goals for next week, I'll just try to stay on top of my regular habits
That's a cool strategy! I never considered microexercises.
I hope you feel better soon, comrade!
Thank you comrade! Microexercises are fun and cool, you're not gonna get swole doing them but it's a good way to keep moving during the day. You still get health benefits, more energy and better mood doing them. I sometimes go jogging around the block or do some jumping jacks or incline push-ups. If you're keeping track of them, you can see that it quickly adds up over time
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